#21AE8E#21AE8E

#21AE8E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.123 H 172.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21AE8E
RGB	rgb(33, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(166, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 0%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -43.38, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 43.84, 171.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.1218 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.123 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6431, 32.5458, 30.7799)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21AE8E #AE2141

analogous

#21AE47 #21AE8E #2187AE

triadic

#21AE8E #8E21AE #AE8E21

tetradic

#21AE8E #4721AE #AE2141 #87AE21

square

#21AE8E #4721AE #AE2141 #87AE21

split-complementary

#21AE8E #AE2187 #AE4721

monochromatic

#0D473A #177B64 #21AE8E #34D8B3 #67E2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#21AE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#21AE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21AE8E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21AE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21AE8E	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21ae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.123 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c7af',
    500: '#21ae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21ae8e;
$custom-light: #76c7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21ae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.383,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67243,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21AE8E

secondary

#C8637A

accent

#3D64EB

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF8F4

border

#C9D1CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21AE8E

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

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