#21A487#21A487

#21A487 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.116 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A487
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(167, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 17.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -40.93, 5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 41.29, 172.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.1153 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.116 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2735, 28.6213, 27.4783)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A487 #A4213E

analogous

#21A446 #21A487 #217FA4

triadic

#21A487 #8721A4 #A48721

tetradic

#21A487 #4621A4 #A4213E #7FA421

square

#21A487 #4621A4 #A4213E #7FA421

split-complementary

#21A487 #A4217F #A44621

monochromatic

#0C3E33 #17715D #21A487 #2DD5B0 #60DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#21A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#21A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A487

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A487	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	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)

#9E9986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.116 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0aa',
    500: '#21a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a487;
$custom-light: #74c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.718,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64443,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A487

secondary

#C45D74

accent

#3E64E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A487

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

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