#21A495#21A495

#21A495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.109 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A495
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 149)
HSL	hsl(173, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, -37.10, -1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 37.15, 182.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.1085 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.109 183)
XYZ	xyz(19.3248, 29.0418, 33.0151)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A495 #A42130

analogous

#21A453 #21A495 #2171A4

triadic

#21A495 #9521A4 #A49521

tetradic

#21A495 #5321A4 #A42130 #71A421

square

#21A495 #5321A4 #A42130 #71A421

split-complementary

#21A495 #A42171 #A45321

monochromatic

#0C3E38 #177167 #21A495 #2DD5C2 #60DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#21A495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#21A495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A495

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A495	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.109 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bfb4',
    500: '#21a495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a495;
$custom-light: #75bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.13,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64871,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.29044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A495

secondary

#C45D69

accent

#3E52E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A495

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

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