#21A889#21A889

#21A889 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A889
RGB	rgb(33, 168, 137)
HSL	hsl(166, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 18.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -42.12, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 42.58, 171.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.1183 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.119 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1428, 30.1324, 28.4693)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A889 #A82140

analogous

#21A845 #21A889 #2184A8

triadic

#21A889 #8921A8 #A88921

tetradic

#21A889 #4521A8 #A82140 #84A821

square

#21A889 #4521A8 #A82140 #84A821

split-complementary

#21A889 #A82184 #A84521

monochromatic

#0D4236 #17755F #21A889 #30D6B0 #63E0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#21A889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#21A889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A889

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A889	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 168, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c3ab',
    500: '#21a889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a889;
$custom-light: #75c3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65543,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A889

secondary

#C55F77

accent

#3E65EA

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A889

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

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