#21B0BD#21B0BD

#21B0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.113 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B0BD
RGB	rgb(33, 176, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -30.74, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 35.07, 208.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.32% -0.1022 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(69.32% 0.113 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3337, 35.0449, 53.5634)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B0BD #BD2E21

analogous

#21BD7C #21B0BD #2162BD

triadic

#21B0BD #BD21B0 #B0BD21

tetradic

#21B0BD #7C21BD #BD2E21 #62BD21

square

#21B0BD #7C21BD #BD2E21 #62BD21

split-complementary

#21B0BD #BD2162 #BD7C21

monochromatic

#0F4F55 #187F89 #21B0BD #3ED0DD #72DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#21B0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#21B0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B0BD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B0BD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 176, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.113 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc8d0',
    500: '#21b0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b0bd;
$custom-light: #7bc8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69322,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B0BD

secondary

#CD756D

accent

#4A3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B0BD

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

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