#21A596#21A596

#21A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.109 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A596
RGB	rgb(33, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -37.27, -1.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 37.33, 183.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.1091 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.109 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5846, 29.4332, 33.4972)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A596 #A52130

analogous

#21A554 #21A596 #2172A5

triadic

#21A596 #9621A5 #A59621

tetradic

#21A596 #5421A5 #A52130 #72A521

square

#21A596 #5421A5 #A52130 #72A521

split-complementary

#21A596 #A52172 #A55421

monochromatic

#0D3F39 #177268 #21A596 #2ED5C2 #61DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#21A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#21A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A596

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A596	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.109 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c0b4',
    500: '#21a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a596;
$custom-light: #75c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.182,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65161,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A596

secondary

#C45E69

accent

#3E52EA

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A596

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

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