#21A8BD#21A8BD

#21A8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A8BD
RGB	rgb(33, 168, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -26.80, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 33.79, 217.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0946 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.111 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8111, 31.9997, 53.0558)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A8BD #BD3621

analogous

#21BD84 #21A8BD #215ABD

triadic

#21A8BD #BD21A8 #A8BD21

tetradic

#21A8BD #8421BD #BD3621 #5ABD21

square

#21A8BD #8421BD #BD3621 #5ABD21

split-complementary

#21A8BD #BD215A #BD8421

monochromatic

#0F4B55 #187A89 #21A8BD #3EC8DD #72D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#21A8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#21A8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A8BD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A8BD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 168, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2d1',
    500: '#21a8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a8bd;
$custom-light: #7ac2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67347,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A8BD

secondary

#CD7A6D

accent

#533BED

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A8BD

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

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