#21A489#21A489

#21A489 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.115 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A489
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(168, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(168, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 16.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -40.40, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 40.64, 173.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.1143 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.115 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4157, 28.6781, 28.2269)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A489 #A4213C

analogous

#21A448 #21A489 #217DA4

triadic

#21A489 #8921A4 #A48921

tetradic

#21A489 #4821A4 #A4213C #7DA421

square

#21A489 #4821A4 #A4213C #7DA421

split-complementary

#21A489 #A4217D #A44821

monochromatic

#0C3E34 #17715E #21A489 #2DD5B2 #60DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#21A489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#21A489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A489

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A489	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.115 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0ab',
    500: '#21a489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a489;
$custom-light: #74c0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.634,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64501,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A489

secondary

#C45D72

accent

#3E62E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A489

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →