#21A2BD#21A2BD

#21A2BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.110 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A2BD
RGB	rgb(33, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -23.75, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 33.33, 224.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.089 -0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.11 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7289, 29.8352, 52.6951)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A2BD #BD3C21

analogous

#21BD8A #21A2BD #2154BD

triadic

#21A2BD #BD21A2 #A2BD21

tetradic

#21A2BD #8A21BD #BD3C21 #54BD21

square

#21A2BD #8A21BD #BD3C21 #54BD21

split-complementary

#21A2BD #BD2154 #BD8A21

monochromatic

#0F4955 #187589 #21A2BD #3EC2DD #72D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#21A2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#21A2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A2BD

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A2BD	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.110 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bdd1',
    500: '#21a2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a2bd;
$custom-light: #79bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65869,
    "c": 0.1104,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A2BD

secondary

#CD7D6D

accent

#5A3BED

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A2BD

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

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