#21A285#21A285

#21A285 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.115 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A285
RGB	rgb(33, 162, 133)
HSL	hsl(167, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0%, 17.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -40.59, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 40.97, 172.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.1142 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.115 173)
XYZ	xyz(17.7789, 27.8552, 26.6253)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A285 #A2213E

analogous

#21A245 #21A285 #217EA2

triadic

#21A285 #8521A2 #A28521

tetradic

#21A285 #4521A2 #A2213E #7EA221

square

#21A285 #4521A2 #A2213E #7EA221

split-complementary

#21A285 #A2217E #A24521

monochromatic

#0C3C32 #176F5B #21A285 #2CD4AE #5FDEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#21A285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#21A285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A285

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A285	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 162, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.115 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bea8',
    500: '#21a285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a285;
$custom-light: #73bea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.512,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.11509,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.27857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A285

secondary

#C35C73

accent

#3F65E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A285

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →