#21A499#21A499

#21A499 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.107 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A499
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(175, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0%, 6.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -35.96, -4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 36.18, 186.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.1067 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.107 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6496, 29.1717, 34.7259)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A499 #A4212C

analogous

#21A457 #21A499 #216DA4

triadic

#21A499 #9921A4 #A49921

tetradic

#21A499 #5721A4 #A4212C #6DA421

square

#21A499 #5721A4 #A4212C #6DA421

split-complementary

#21A499 #A4216D #A45721

monochromatic

#0C3E3A #177169 #21A499 #2DD5C7 #60DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#21A499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#21A499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A499

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A499	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#9B9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.107 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bfb7',
    500: '#21a499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a499;
$custom-light: #75bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.962,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65003,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A499

secondary

#C45D66

accent

#3E4DE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A499

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

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