#21A996#21A996

#21A996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.113 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A996
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -39.07, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 39.07, 180.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.113 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.113 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3174, 30.8987, 33.7415)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A996 #A92134

analogous

#21A952 #21A996 #2178A9

triadic

#21A996 #9621A9 #A99621

tetradic

#21A996 #5221A9 #A92134 #78A921

square

#21A996 #5221A9 #A92134 #78A921

split-complementary

#21A996 #A92178 #A95221

monochromatic

#0D433B #177669 #21A996 #31D7BF #64E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#21A996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#21A996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A996

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A996	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.113 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c3b4',
    500: '#21a996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a996;
$custom-light: #76c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.618,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6619,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A996

secondary

#C6606E

accent

#3E56EA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A996

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

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