#21A480#21A480

#21A480 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.121 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A480
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(164, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(164, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 22%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -42.73, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 43.68, 167.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.1187 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.121 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7968, 28.4306, 24.9676)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A480 #A42145

analogous

#21A43E #21A480 #2186A4

triadic

#21A480 #8021A4 #A48021

tetradic

#21A480 #3E21A4 #A42145 #86A421

square

#21A480 #3E21A4 #A42145 #86A421

split-complementary

#21A480 #A42186 #A43E21

monochromatic

#0C3E30 #177158 #21A480 #2DD5A7 #60DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#21A480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#21A480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A480

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A480	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F987E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.121 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0a4',
    500: '#21a480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a480;
$custom-light: #74c0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.511,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64247,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A480

secondary

#C45D79

accent

#3E6DE9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A480

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

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