#21ABBD#21ABBD

#21ABBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.111 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21ABBD
RGB	rgb(33, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -28.29, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 34.18, 214.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% -0.0975 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.111 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3713, 33.1202, 53.2426)
Luminance	0.3312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21ABBD #BD3321

analogous

#21BD81 #21ABBD #215DBD

triadic

#21ABBD #BD21AB #ABBD21

tetradic

#21ABBD #8121BD #BD3321 #5DBD21

square

#21ABBD #8121BD #BD3321 #5DBD21

split-complementary

#21ABBD #BD215D #BD8121

monochromatic

#0F4D55 #187C89 #21ABBD #3ECBDD #72D9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#21ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#21ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21ABBD

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21ABBD	1.00	2.75	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.111 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac4d0',
    500: '#21abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21abbd;
$custom-light: #7ac4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68087,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21ABBD

secondary

#CD786D

accent

#4F3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #21ABBD

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

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