#21A497#21A497

#21A497 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.108 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A497
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -36.53, -2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 36.65, 184.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.1076 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.108 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4858, 29.1062, 33.8632)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A497 #A4212E

analogous

#21A455 #21A497 #216FA4

triadic

#21A497 #9721A4 #A49721

tetradic

#21A497 #5521A4 #A4212E #6FA421

square

#21A497 #5521A4 #A4212E #6FA421

split-complementary

#21A497 #A4216F #A45521

monochromatic

#0C3E39 #177168 #21A497 #2DD5C4 #60DFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#21A497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#21A497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A497

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A497	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)

#9B9A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.108 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bfb5',
    500: '#21a497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a497;
$custom-light: #75bfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.046,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64936,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A497

secondary

#C45D67

accent

#3E4FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A497

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

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