#21A493#21A493

#21A493 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.110 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A493
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 147)
HSL	hsl(172, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 10.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -37.67, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 37.68, 181.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.1095 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.11 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1665, 28.9784, 32.1813)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A493 #A42132

analogous

#21A451 #21A493 #2173A4

triadic

#21A493 #9321A4 #A49321

tetradic

#21A493 #5121A4 #A42132 #73A421

square

#21A493 #5121A4 #A42132 #73A421

split-complementary

#21A493 #A42173 #A45121

monochromatic

#0C3E38 #177165 #21A493 #2DD5BF #60DFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#21A493 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#21A493 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A493

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A493	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A493	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a493;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.110 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bfb2',
    500: '#21a493',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a493;
$custom-light: #75bfb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a493",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.214,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64807,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A493

secondary

#C45D6A

accent

#3E55E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A493

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

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