#21AEBD#21AEBD

#21AEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21AEBD
RGB	rgb(33, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -29.76, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 34.68, 210.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.1003 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.112 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9445, 34.2664, 53.4336)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21AEBD #BD3021

analogous

#21BD7E #21AEBD #2160BD

triadic

#21AEBD #BD21AE #AEBD21

tetradic

#21AEBD #7E21BD #BD3021 #60BD21

square

#21AEBD #7E21BD #BD3021 #60BD21

split-complementary

#21AEBD #BD2160 #BD7E21

monochromatic

#0F4E55 #187E89 #21AEBD #3ECEDD #72DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#21AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#21AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21AEBD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21AEBD	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc6d0',
    500: '#21aebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21aebd;
$custom-light: #7bc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68827,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21AEBD

secondary

#CD766D

accent

#4C3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21AEBD

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

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