#21A6BD#21A6BD

#21A6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.111 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A6BD
RGB	rgb(33, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -25.79, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 33.59, 219.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0927 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.111 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4447, 31.2669, 52.9337)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A6BD #BD3821

analogous

#21BD86 #21A6BD #2158BD

triadic

#21A6BD #BD21A6 #A6BD21

tetradic

#21A6BD #8621BD #BD3821 #58BD21

square

#21A6BD #8621BD #BD3821 #58BD21

split-complementary

#21A6BD #BD2158 #BD8621

monochromatic

#0F4A55 #187889 #21A6BD #3EC6DD #72D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#21A6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#21A6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A6BD

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A6BD	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.111 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac0d1',
    500: '#21a6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a6bd;
$custom-light: #7ac0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66854,
    "c": 0.1105,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A6BD

secondary

#CD7B6D

accent

#553BED

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A6BD

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

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