#21A485#21A485

#21A485 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A485
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 133)
HSL	hsl(166, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 18.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -41.45, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 41.95, 171.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.1162 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.117 172)
XYZ	xyz(18.1340, 28.5655, 26.7437)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A485 #A42140

analogous

#21A444 #21A485 #2181A4

triadic

#21A485 #8521A4 #A48521

tetradic

#21A485 #4421A4 #A42140 #81A421

square

#21A485 #4421A4 #A42140 #81A421

split-complementary

#21A485 #A42181 #A44421

monochromatic

#0C3E32 #17715C #21A485 #2DD5AD #60DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#21A485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#21A485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A485

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A485	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0a8',
    500: '#21a485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a485;
$custom-light: #74c0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.802,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64386,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.28568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A485

secondary

#C45D75

accent

#3E67E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A485

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

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