#21A494#21A494

#21A494 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.109 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A494
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 148)
HSL	hsl(173, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -37.39, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 37.41, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.109 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.109 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2453, 29.0100, 32.5964)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A494 #A42131

analogous

#21A452 #21A494 #2172A4

triadic

#21A494 #9421A4 #A49421

tetradic

#21A494 #5221A4 #A42131 #72A421

square

#21A494 #5221A4 #A42131 #72A421

split-complementary

#21A494 #A42172 #A45221

monochromatic

#0C3E38 #177166 #21A494 #2DD5C0 #60DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#21A494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#21A494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A494

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A494	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)

#9C9A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.109 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bfb3',
    500: '#21a494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a494;
$custom-light: #75bfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.672,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64839,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A494

secondary

#C45D69

accent

#3E53E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A494

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

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