#21A995#21A995

#21A995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.114 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A995
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 149)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(171, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 11.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -39.34, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 39.34, 179.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.1135 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.114 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2372, 30.8667, 33.3192)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A995 #A92135

analogous

#21A951 #21A995 #2179A9

triadic

#21A995 #9521A9 #A99521

tetradic

#21A995 #5121A9 #A92135 #79A921

square

#21A995 #5121A9 #A92135 #79A921

split-complementary

#21A995 #A92179 #A95121

monochromatic

#0D433B #177668 #21A995 #31D7BE #64E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#21A995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#21A995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A995

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A995	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.114 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c3b4',
    500: '#21a995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a995;
$custom-light: #76c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66159,
    "c": 0.11352,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A995

secondary

#C6606F

accent

#3E57EA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A995

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

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