#21A998#21A998

#21A998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.112 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A998
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 152)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -38.51, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 38.53, 181.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.1121 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.112 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4798, 30.9637, 34.5969)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A998 #A92132

analogous

#21A954 #21A998 #2176A9

triadic

#21A998 #9821A9 #A99821

tetradic

#21A998 #5421A9 #A92132 #76A921

square

#21A998 #5421A9 #A92132 #76A921

split-complementary

#21A998 #A92176 #A95421

monochromatic

#0D433C #17766A #21A998 #31D7C2 #64E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#21A998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#21A998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A998

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A998	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)

#A19F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.112 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c3b6',
    500: '#21a998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a998;
$custom-light: #76c3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66254,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A998

secondary

#C6606D

accent

#3E53EA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A998

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

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