#21A4AD#21A4AD

#21A4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.105 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A4AD
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 173)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -29.92, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 33.18, 205.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0976 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.105 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4421, 29.8887, 44.1660)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A4AD #AD2A21

analogous

#21AD70 #21A4AD #215EAD

triadic

#21A4AD #AD21A4 #A4AD21

tetradic

#21A4AD #7021AD #AD2A21 #5EAD21

square

#21A4AD #7021AD #AD2A21 #5EAD21

split-complementary

#21A4AD #AD215E #AD7021

monochromatic

#0D4346 #17737A #21A4AD #33CDD8 #66DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#21A4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#21A4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A4AD

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A4AD	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.105 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bfc5',
    500: '#21a4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a4ad;
$custom-light: #77bfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65718,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A4AD

secondary

#C76962

accent

#483DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A4AD

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

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