#21A997#21A997

#21A997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.113 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A997
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(172, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -38.79, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 38.79, 180.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.1126 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.113 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3983, 30.9311, 34.1674)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A997 #A92133

analogous

#21A953 #21A997 #2177A9

triadic

#21A997 #9721A9 #A99721

tetradic

#21A997 #5321A9 #A92133 #77A921

square

#21A997 #5321A9 #A92133 #77A921

split-complementary

#21A997 #A92177 #A95321

monochromatic

#0D433C #177669 #21A997 #31D7C1 #64E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#21A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#21A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A997

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A997	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.113 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c3b5',
    500: '#21a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a997;
$custom-light: #76c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.059,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66222,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A997

secondary

#C6606D

accent

#3E54EA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A997

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

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