#21A896#21A896

#21A896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.112 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A896
RGB	rgb(33, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -38.62, -0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 38.63, 180.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.112 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.112 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1321, 30.5281, 33.6797)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A896 #A82133

analogous

#21A853 #21A896 #2177A8

triadic

#21A896 #9621A8 #A89621

tetradic

#21A896 #5321A8 #A82133 #77A821

square

#21A896 #5321A8 #A82133 #77A821

split-complementary

#21A896 #A82177 #A85321

monochromatic

#0D423B #177568 #21A896 #30D6C0 #63E0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#21A896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#21A896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A896

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A896	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.112 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c2b4',
    500: '#21a896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a896;
$custom-light: #76c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65933,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A896

secondary

#C55F6D

accent

#3E55EA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A896

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

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