#21A486#21A486

#21A486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.117 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A486
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(166, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -41.19, 5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 41.62, 171.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.1157 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.117 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2034, 28.5932, 27.1093)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A486 #A4213F

analogous

#21A445 #21A486 #2180A4

triadic

#21A486 #8621A4 #A48621

tetradic

#21A486 #4521A4 #A4213F #80A421

square

#21A486 #4521A4 #A4213F #80A421

split-complementary

#21A486 #A42180 #A44521

monochromatic

#0C3E33 #17715C #21A486 #2DD5AE #60DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#21A486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#21A486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A486

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A486	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.117 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0a9',
    500: '#21a486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a486;
$custom-light: #74c0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.26,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64414,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A486

secondary

#C45D74

accent

#3E66E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A486

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

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