#21A4BD#21A4BD

#21A4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.110 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A4BD
RGB	rgb(33, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -24.78, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 33.43, 222.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0908 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.11 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0840, 30.5454, 52.8135)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A4BD #BD3A21

analogous

#21BD88 #21A4BD #2156BD

triadic

#21A4BD #BD21A4 #A4BD21

tetradic

#21A4BD #8821BD #BD3A21 #56BD21

square

#21A4BD #8821BD #BD3A21 #56BD21

split-complementary

#21A4BD #BD2156 #BD8821

monochromatic

#0F4A55 #187789 #21A4BD #3EC4DD #72D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#21A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#21A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A4BD

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A4BD	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.110 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bfd1',
    500: '#21a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a4bd;
$custom-light: #79bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66361,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A4BD

secondary

#CD7C6D

accent

#573BED

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A4BD

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

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