#21A981#21A981

#21A981 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.126 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A981
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 129)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(162, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 23.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -44.56, 10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 45.86, 166.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.1232 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.126 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7754, 30.2819, 25.6201)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A981 #A92149

analogous

#21A93D #21A981 #218DA9

triadic

#21A981 #8121A9 #A98121

tetradic

#21A981 #3D21A9 #A92149 #8DA921

square

#21A981 #3D21A9 #A92149 #8DA921

split-complementary

#21A981 #A9218D #A93D21

monochromatic

#0D4333 #17765A #21A981 #31D7A6 #64E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#21A981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#21A981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A981

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A981	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.126 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c3a5',
    500: '#21a981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a981;
$custom-light: #75c3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65586,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A981

secondary

#C6607E

accent

#3E70EA

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A981

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

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