#21A496#21A496

#21A496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.108 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A496
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(174, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -36.82, -2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 36.90, 183.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.1081 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.108 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4050, 29.0738, 33.4373)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A496 #A4212F

analogous

#21A454 #21A496 #2170A4

triadic

#21A496 #9621A4 #A49621

tetradic

#21A496 #5421A4 #A4212F #70A421

square

#21A496 #5421A4 #A4212F #70A421

split-complementary

#21A496 #A42170 #A45421

monochromatic

#0C3E39 #177167 #21A496 #2DD5C3 #60DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#21A496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#21A496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A496

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A496	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.108 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bfb4',
    500: '#21a496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a496;
$custom-light: #75bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.588,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64904,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A496

secondary

#C45D68

accent

#3E51E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A496

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

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