#21A488#21A488

#21A488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.115 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A488
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(167, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -40.67, 4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 40.96, 173.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.1148 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.115 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3443, 28.6495, 27.8509)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A488 #A4213D

analogous

#21A447 #21A488 #217EA4

triadic

#21A488 #8821A4 #A48821

tetradic

#21A488 #4721A4 #A4213D #7EA421

square

#21A488 #4721A4 #A4213D #7EA421

split-complementary

#21A488 #A4217E #A44721

monochromatic

#0C3E33 #17715E #21A488 #2DD5B1 #60DFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#21A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#21A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A488

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A488	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.115 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0aa',
    500: '#21a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a488;
$custom-light: #74c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.176,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64472,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A488

secondary

#C45D73

accent

#3E63E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A488

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

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