#21A490#21A490

#21A490 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.111 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A490
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 144)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -38.50, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 38.51, 178.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.1109 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.111 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9342, 28.8855, 30.9577)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A490 #A42135

analogous

#21A44E #21A490 #2176A4

triadic

#21A490 #9021A4 #A49021

tetradic

#21A490 #4E21A4 #A42135 #76A421

square

#21A490 #4E21A4 #A42135 #76A421

split-complementary

#21A490 #A42176 #A44E21

monochromatic

#0C3E37 #177163 #21A490 #2DD5BB #60DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#21A490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#21A490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A490

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A490	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.111 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c0b0',
    500: '#21a490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a490;
$custom-light: #74c0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.84,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64713,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A490

secondary

#C45D6D

accent

#3E58E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A490

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

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