#21A999#21A999

#21A999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.112 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A999
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 153)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(173, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -38.23, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 38.26, 182.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.1116 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.112 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5621, 30.9966, 35.0300)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A999 #A92131

analogous

#21A955 #21A999 #2175A9

triadic

#21A999 #9921A9 #A99921

tetradic

#21A999 #5521A9 #A92131 #75A921

square

#21A999 #5521A9 #A92131 #75A921

split-complementary

#21A999 #A92175 #A95521

monochromatic

#0D433C #17766B #21A999 #31D7C3 #64E1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#21A999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#21A999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A999

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A999	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.112 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c3b7',
    500: '#21a999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a999;
$custom-light: #76c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66285,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A999

secondary

#C6606C

accent

#3E52EA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A999

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

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