#21A48B#21A48B

#21A48B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.114 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A48B
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 15.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.55, -39.87, 3.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.55, 40.00, 175.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.1133 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.114 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5604, 28.7360, 28.9895)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A48B #A4213A

analogous

#21A44A #21A48B #217BA4

triadic

#21A48B #8B21A4 #A48B21

tetradic

#21A48B #4A21A4 #A4213A #7BA421

square

#21A48B #4A21A4 #A4213A #7BA421

split-complementary

#21A48B #A4217B #A44A21

monochromatic

#0C3E35 #177160 #21A48B #2DD5B5 #60DFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#21A48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#21A48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A48B

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A48B	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E998A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.114 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0ac',
    500: '#21a48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a48b;
$custom-light: #74c0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.55,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6456,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A48B

secondary

#C45D71

accent

#3E5FE9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A48B

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

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