#21A498#21A498

#21A498 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.108 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A498
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 152)
HSL	hsl(175, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -36.25, -3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 36.41, 185.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% -0.1071 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.108 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5674, 29.1388, 34.2927)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A498 #A4212D

analogous

#21A456 #21A498 #216EA4

triadic

#21A498 #9821A4 #A49821

tetradic

#21A498 #5621A4 #A4212D #6EA421

square

#21A498 #5621A4 #A4212D #6EA421

split-complementary

#21A498 #A4216E #A45621

monochromatic

#0C3E3A #177169 #21A498 #2DD5C5 #60DFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#21A498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#21A498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A498

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A498	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.108 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bfb6',
    500: '#21a498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a498;
$custom-light: #75bfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.504,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64969,
    "c": 0.1076,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A498

secondary

#C45D66

accent

#3E4EE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A498

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

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