#21A599#21A599

#21A599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.108 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A599
RGB	rgb(33, 165, 153)
HSL	hsl(175, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 0%, 7.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -36.42, -3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 36.59, 185.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.1076 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.108 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8293, 29.5310, 34.7858)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A599 #A5212D

analogous

#21A557 #21A599 #216FA5

triadic

#21A599 #9921A5 #A59921

tetradic

#21A599 #5721A5 #A5212D #6FA521

square

#21A599 #5721A5 #A5212D #6FA521

split-complementary

#21A599 #A5216F #A55721

monochromatic

#0D3F3A #17726A #21A599 #2ED5C6 #61DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#21A599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#21A599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A599

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A599	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 165, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.108 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c0b7',
    500: '#21a599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a599;
$custom-light: #75c0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65259,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A599

secondary

#C45E67

accent

#3E4EEA

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A599

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

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