#21A689#21A689

#21A689 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.117 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A689
RGB	rgb(33, 166, 137)
HSL	hsl(167, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 0%, 17.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -41.27, 5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 41.60, 172.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.1163 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.117 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7764, 29.3996, 28.3471)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A689 #A6213E

analogous

#21A647 #21A689 #2181A6

triadic

#21A689 #8921A6 #A68921

tetradic

#21A689 #4721A6 #A6213E #81A621

square

#21A689 #4721A6 #A6213E #81A621

split-complementary

#21A689 #A62181 #A64721

monochromatic

#0D4035 #17735F #21A689 #2FD6B1 #62E0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#21A689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#21A689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A689

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A689	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)

#A09B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 166, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.117 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c1ab',
    500: '#21a689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a689;
$custom-light: #74c1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.917,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65022,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A689

secondary

#C55E74

accent

#3E63EA

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A689

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

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