#21A979#21A979

#21A979 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.133 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A979
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 121)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(159, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 28.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -46.47, 15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 48.84, 162.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.1271 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.133 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2643, 30.0775, 22.9284)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A979 #A92151

analogous

#21A935 #21A979 #2195A9

triadic

#21A979 #7921A9 #A97921

tetradic

#21A979 #3521A9 #A92151 #95A921

square

#21A979 #3521A9 #A92151 #95A921

split-complementary

#21A979 #A92195 #A93521

monochromatic

#0D4330 #177654 #21A979 #31D79C #64E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#21A979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#21A979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A979

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A979	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96907C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.133 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74c39f',
    500: '#21a979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a979;
$custom-light: #74c39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.824,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65384,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A979

secondary

#C66084

accent

#3E7BEA

background

#F7FCF9

surface

#EEF8F2

border

#C9D1CC

text

#0A130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A979

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

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