#21B3AE#21B3AE

#21B3AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B3AE
RGB	rgb(33, 179, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -36.72, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 37.56, 192.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.1117 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.114 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3836, 35.6164, 45.6257)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B3AE #B32126

analogous

#21B365 #21B3AE #216FB3

triadic

#21B3AE #AE21B3 #B3AE21

tetradic

#21B3AE #6521B3 #B32126 #6FB321

square

#21B3AE #6521B3 #B32126 #6FB321

split-complementary

#21B3AE #B3216F #B36521

monochromatic

#0E4C4A #177F7C #21B3AE #37DAD5 #6BE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#21B3AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#21B3AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B3AE

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B3AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B3AE	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b3ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 179, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7acac6',
    500: '#21b3ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b3ae;
$custom-light: #7acac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b3ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.945,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69522,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B3AE

secondary

#CA666A

accent

#3C42EC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B3AE

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

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