#21A5AD#21A5AD

#21A5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.106 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A5AD
RGB	rgb(33, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -30.41, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 33.42, 204.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0986 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.106 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6217, 30.2480, 44.2259)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A5AD #AD2921

analogous

#21AD6F #21A5AD #215FAD

triadic

#21A5AD #AD21A5 #A5AD21

tetradic

#21A5AD #6F21AD #AD2921 #5FAD21

square

#21A5AD #6F21AD #AD2921 #5FAD21

split-complementary

#21A5AD #AD215F #AD6F21

monochromatic

#0D4346 #17747A #21A5AD #33CFD8 #66DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#21A5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#21A5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A5AD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A5AD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.106 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c0c5',
    500: '#21a5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a5ad;
$custom-light: #77c0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.429,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65969,
    "c": 0.10584,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A5AD

secondary

#C76862

accent

#473DEB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A5AD

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

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