#21A685#21A685

#21A685 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.120 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A685
RGB	rgb(33, 166, 133)
HSL	hsl(165, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 0%, 19.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -42.30, 7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 42.94, 170.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.1182 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.12 171)
XYZ	xyz(18.4948, 29.2869, 26.8639)
Luminance	0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A685 #A62142

analogous

#21A643 #21A685 #2185A6

triadic

#21A685 #8521A6 #A68521

tetradic

#21A685 #4321A6 #A62142 #85A621

square

#21A685 #4321A6 #A62142 #85A621

split-complementary

#21A685 #A62185 #A64321

monochromatic

#0D4033 #17735C #21A685 #2FD6AC #62E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#21A685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#21A685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A685

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A685	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)

#A19A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 166, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.120 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c1a8',
    500: '#21a685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a685;
$custom-light: #74c1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.113,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64909,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.29289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A685

secondary

#C55E78

accent

#3E69EA

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A685

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

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