#21A980#21A980

#21A980 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.127 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A980
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 128)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(162, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 24.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -44.81, 11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 46.23, 165.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.56% -0.1237 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(65.56% 0.127 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7092, 30.2555, 25.2717)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A980 #A9214A

analogous

#21A93C #21A980 #218EA9

triadic

#21A980 #8021A9 #A98021

tetradic

#21A980 #3C21A9 #A9214A #8EA921

square

#21A980 #3C21A9 #A9214A #8EA921

split-complementary

#21A980 #A9218E #A93C21

monochromatic

#0D4332 #177659 #21A980 #31D7A5 #64E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#21A980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#21A980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A980

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A980	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.127 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c3a4',
    500: '#21a980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a980;
$custom-light: #75c3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.912,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6556,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A980

secondary

#C6607F

accent

#3E72EA

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A980

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

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