#21A491#21A491

#21A491 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.110 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A491
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 145)
HSL	hsl(171, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 11.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -38.23, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 38.23, 179.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.1104 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.11 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0109, 28.9162, 31.3620)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A491 #A42134

analogous

#21A44F #21A491 #2175A4

triadic

#21A491 #9121A4 #A49121

tetradic

#21A491 #4F21A4 #A42134 #75A421

square

#21A491 #4F21A4 #A42134 #75A421

split-complementary

#21A491 #A42175 #A44F21

monochromatic

#0C3E37 #177164 #21A491 #2DD5BD #60DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#21A491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#21A491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A491

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A491	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)

#9D9A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.110 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c0b1',
    500: '#21a491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a491;
$custom-light: #75c0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.298,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64744,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A491

secondary

#C45D6C

accent

#3E57E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A491

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

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