#21A9AD#21A9AD

#21A9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.108 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A9AD
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 173)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -32.34, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 34.49, 200.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.1025 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.108 198)
XYZ	xyz(22.3545, 31.7136, 44.4702)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A9AD #AD2521

analogous

#21AD6B #21A9AD #2163AD

triadic

#21A9AD #AD21A9 #A9AD21

tetradic

#21A9AD #6B21AD #AD2521 #63AD21

square

#21A9AD #6B21AD #AD2521 #63AD21

split-complementary

#21A9AD #AD2163 #AD6B21

monochromatic

#0D4546 #17777A #21A9AD #33D3D8 #66DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#21A9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#21A9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A9AD

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A9AD	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.108 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c3c5',
    500: '#21a9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a9ad;
$custom-light: #78c3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66974,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.31716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A9AD

secondary

#C76562

accent

#423DEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A9AD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →