#21A99D#21A99D

#21A99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.110 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A99D
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 157)
HSL	hsl(175, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(175, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -37.09, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 37.28, 185.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.1097 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.11 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8980, 31.1310, 36.7992)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A99D #A9212D

analogous

#21A959 #21A99D #2171A9

triadic

#21A99D #9D21A9 #A99D21

tetradic

#21A99D #5921A9 #A9212D #71A921

square

#21A99D #5921A9 #A9212D #71A921

split-complementary

#21A99D #A92171 #A95921

monochromatic

#0D433E #17766D #21A99D #31D7C8 #64E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#21A99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#21A99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A99D

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A99D	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E929E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.110 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c3b9',
    500: '#21a99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a99d;
$custom-light: #76c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66416,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A99D

secondary

#C66069

accent

#3E4DEA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A99D

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

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