#21A9C2#21A9C2

#21A9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.113 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A9C2
RGB	rgb(33, 169, 194)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 12.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -25.67, -22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 34.22, 221.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0935 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.113 214)
XYZ	xyz(24.5485, 32.5912, 56.0254)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A9C2 #C23A21

analogous

#21C28B #21A9C2 #2158C2

triadic

#21A9C2 #C221A9 #A9C221

tetradic

#21A9C2 #8B21C2 #C23A21 #58C221

square

#21A9C2 #8B21C2 #C23A21 #58C221

split-complementary

#21A9C2 #C22158 #C28B21

monochromatic

#0F4E59 #187B8E #21A9C2 #41C6DF #76D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#21A9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#21A9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21A9C2

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A9C2	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8294C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 169, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.113 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc3d4',
    500: '#21a9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a9c2;
$custom-light: #7bc3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.317,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67799,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.32594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A9C2

secondary

#CF7F70

accent

#563AEE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#EFF8FA

border

#CAD1D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A9C2

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

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