#21A899#21A899

#21A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.111 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A899
RGB	rgb(33, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -37.78, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 37.84, 183.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.1106 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.111 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3768, 30.6259, 34.9683)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A899 #A82130

analogous

#21A855 #21A899 #2174A8

triadic

#21A899 #9921A8 #A89921

tetradic

#21A899 #5521A8 #A82130 #74A821

square

#21A899 #5521A8 #A82130 #74A821

split-complementary

#21A899 #A82174 #A85521

monochromatic

#0D423C #17756A #21A899 #30D6C4 #63E0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#21A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#21A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A899

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A899	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E919A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.111 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c2b7',
    500: '#21a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a899;
$custom-light: #76c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66029,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A899

secondary

#C55F6B

accent

#3E51EA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A899

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

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