#21A9A2#21A9A2

#21A9A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.109 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A9A2
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 162)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(177, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -35.64, -6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 36.20, 190.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.1074 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.109 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3336, 31.3052, 39.0935)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A9A2 #A92128

analogous

#21A95E #21A9A2 #216CA9

triadic

#21A9A2 #A221A9 #A9A221

tetradic

#21A9A2 #5E21A9 #A92128 #6CA921

square

#21A9A2 #5E21A9 #A92128 #6CA921

split-complementary

#21A9A2 #A9216C #A95E21

monochromatic

#0D4340 #177671 #21A9A2 #31D7CE #64E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#21A9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#21A9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A9A2

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A9A2	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.109 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c3bd',
    500: '#21a9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a9a2;
$custom-light: #77c3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.912,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66583,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A9A2

secondary

#C66065

accent

#3E46EA

background

#F7FCFB

surface

#EEF8F6

border

#C9D1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A9A2

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

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