#21A789#21A789

#21A789 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A789
RGB	rgb(33, 167, 137)
HSL	hsl(167, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 0%, 18%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -41.70, 5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 42.09, 172.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.1173 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.118 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9589, 29.7645, 28.4080)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A789 #A7213F

analogous

#21A746 #21A789 #2182A7

triadic

#21A789 #8921A7 #A78921

tetradic

#21A789 #4621A7 #A7213F #82A721

square

#21A789 #4621A7 #A7213F #82A721

split-complementary

#21A789 #A72182 #A74621

monochromatic

#0D4135 #17745F #21A789 #2FD6B1 #62E0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#21A789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#21A789 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A789

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A789	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 167, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c2ab',
    500: '#21a789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a789;
$custom-light: #75c2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.567,
    "s": 67,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65283,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A789

secondary

#C55F76

accent

#3E64EA

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A789

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

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