#21A879#21A879

#21A879 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.131 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A879
RGB	rgb(33, 168, 121)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(159, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 28%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -46.07, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 48.32, 162.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.1261 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.131 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0790, 29.7068, 22.8666)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A879 #A82150

analogous

#21A836 #21A879 #2194A8

triadic

#21A879 #7921A8 #A87921

tetradic

#21A879 #3621A8 #A82150 #94A821

square

#21A879 #3621A8 #A82150 #94A821

split-complementary

#21A879 #A82194 #A83621

monochromatic

#0D422F #177554 #21A879 #30D69C #63E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#21A879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#21A879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A879

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A879	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 168, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.131 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c39f',
    500: '#21a879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a879;
$custom-light: #74c39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6512,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A879

secondary

#C55F83

accent

#3E7AEA

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF8F2

border

#C9D1CC

text

#0A120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A879

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

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