#21AFA5#21AFA5

#21AFA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.113 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21AFA5
RGB	rgb(33, 175, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -37.51, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 37.86, 187.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.1119 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.113 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7454, 33.6970, 40.8954)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21AFA5 #AF212B

analogous

#21AF5E #21AFA5 #2172AF

triadic

#21AFA5 #A521AF #AFA521

tetradic

#21AFA5 #5E21AF #AF212B #72AF21

square

#21AFA5 #5E21AF #AF212B #72AF21

split-complementary

#21AFA5 #AF2172 #AF5E21

monochromatic

#0E4844 #177C74 #21AFA5 #34D9CD #68E3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#21AFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#21AFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21AFA5

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21AFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21AFA5	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21afa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 175, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.113 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c7bf',
    500: '#21afa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21afa5;
$custom-light: #78c7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21afa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.775,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68208,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21AFA5

secondary

#C8646B

accent

#3D49EB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #21AFA5

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

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