#21A48C#21A48C

#21A48C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.113 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A48C
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 140)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 14.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -39.60, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 39.70, 175.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.1128 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.113 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6338, 28.7654, 29.3760)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A48C #A42139

analogous

#21A44B #21A48C #217AA4

triadic

#21A48C #8C21A4 #A48C21

tetradic

#21A48C #4B21A4 #A42139 #7AA421

square

#21A48C #4B21A4 #A42139 #7AA421

split-complementary

#21A48C #A4217A #A44B21

monochromatic

#0C3E35 #177161 #21A48C #2DD5B6 #60DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#21A48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#21A48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A48C

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A48C	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)

#9D998B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.113 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0ad',
    500: '#21a48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a48c;
$custom-light: #74c0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.008,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6459,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A48C

secondary

#C45D70

accent

#3E5EE9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A48C

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

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