#21A595#21A595

#21A595 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.110 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A595
RGB	rgb(33, 165, 149)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 9.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -37.56, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 37.58, 182.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.1095 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.11 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5045, 29.4011, 33.0749)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A595 #A52131

analogous

#21A553 #21A595 #2173A5

triadic

#21A595 #9521A5 #A59521

tetradic

#21A595 #5321A5 #A52131 #73A521

square

#21A595 #5321A5 #A52131 #73A521

split-complementary

#21A595 #A52173 #A55321

monochromatic

#0D3F39 #177267 #21A595 #2ED5C1 #61DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#21A595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#21A595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A595

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A595	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 165, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.110 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c0b4',
    500: '#21a595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a595;
$custom-light: #75c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65129,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A595

secondary

#C45E6A

accent

#3E53EA

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A595

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

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