#21A9AE#21A9AE

#21A9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.108 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A9AE
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -32.03, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 34.39, 201.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% -0.102 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.108 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4516, 31.7524, 44.9817)
Luminance	0.3175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A9AE #AE2621

analogous

#21AE6D #21A9AE #2162AE

triadic

#21A9AE #AE21A9 #A9AE21

tetradic

#21A9AE #6D21AE #AE2621 #62AE21

square

#21A9AE #6D21AE #AE2621 #62AE21

split-complementary

#21A9AE #AE2162 #AE6D21

monochromatic

#0D4547 #17777B #21A9AE #34D3D8 #67DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#21A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#21A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A9AE

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A9AE	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.108 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c3c6',
    500: '#21a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a9ae;
$custom-light: #78c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.128,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67011,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A9AE

secondary

#C86763

accent

#433DEB

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A9AE

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

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