#21A591#21A591

#21A591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.111 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A591
RGB	rgb(33, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 12.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -38.67, 0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 38.68, 179.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.1114 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.111 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1906, 29.2755, 31.4219)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A591 #A52135

analogous

#21A54F #21A591 #2177A5

triadic

#21A591 #9121A5 #A59121

tetradic

#21A591 #4F21A5 #A52135 #77A521

square

#21A591 #4F21A5 #A52135 #77A521

split-complementary

#21A591 #A52177 #A54F21

monochromatic

#0D3F37 #177264 #21A591 #2ED5BC #61DFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#21A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#21A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A591

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A591	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.111 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c0b1',
    500: '#21a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a591;
$custom-light: #75c0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65003,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A591

secondary

#C45E6D

accent

#3E58EA

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A591

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

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