#21A989#21A989

#21A989 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A989
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 137)
HSL	hsl(166, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(166, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 18.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, -42.55, 6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 43.07, 171.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.1193 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.12 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3281, 30.5030, 28.5311)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A989 #A92141

analogous

#21A945 #21A989 #2185A9

triadic

#21A989 #8921A9 #A98921

tetradic

#21A989 #4521A9 #A92141 #85A921

square

#21A989 #4521A9 #A92141 #85A921

split-complementary

#21A989 #A92185 #A94521

monochromatic

#0D4336 #17765F #21A989 #31D7B0 #64E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#21A989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#21A989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A989

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A989	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39D87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93918B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75c3ab',
    500: '#21a989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a989;
$custom-light: #75c3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65804,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A989

secondary

#C66078

accent

#3E66EA

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A989

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

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