#21B2CA#21B2CA

#21B2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B2CA
RGB	rgb(33, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -27.58, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 35.56, 219.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0987 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.117 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2036, 36.4249, 61.4626)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B2CA #CA3921

analogous

#21CA8D #21B2CA #215DCA

triadic

#21B2CA #CA21B2 #B2CA21

tetradic

#21B2CA #8D21CA #CA3921 #5DCA21

square

#21B2CA #8D21CA #CA3921 #5DCA21

split-complementary

#21B2CA #CA215D #CA8D21

monochromatic

#105561 #188495 #21B2CA #47CBE1 #7CDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#21B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#21B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B2CA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B2CA	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0ACCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc9da',
    500: '#21b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b2ca;
$custom-light: #7dc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.521,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.11694,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B2CA

secondary

#D28275

accent

#5339EF

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B2CA

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

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