#21A481#21A481

#21A481 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A481
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(164, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(164, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 21.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, -42.48, 8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 43.33, 168.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.1182 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.12 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8629, 28.4570, 25.3159)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A481 #A42144

analogous

#21A43F #21A481 #2185A4

triadic

#21A481 #8121A4 #A48121

tetradic

#21A481 #3F21A4 #A42144 #85A421

square

#21A481 #3F21A4 #A42144 #85A421

split-complementary

#21A481 #A42185 #A43F21

monochromatic

#0C3E31 #177159 #21A481 #2DD5A8 #60DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#21A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#21A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A481

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A481	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)

#9F987F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0a5',
    500: '#21a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a481;
$custom-light: #74c0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.969,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64274,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A481

secondary

#C45D78

accent

#3E6CE9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A481

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

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