#21B480#21B480

#21B480 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.141 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B480
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 128)
HSL	hsl(159, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 28.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -49.24, 16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 51.85, 161.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.1345 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.141 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8424, 34.5218, 25.9828)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B480 #B42155

analogous

#21B437 #21B480 #219EB4

triadic

#21B480 #8021B4 #B48021

tetradic

#21B480 #3721B4 #B42155 #9EB421

square

#21B480 #3721B4 #B42155 #9EB421

split-complementary

#21B480 #B4219E #B43721

monochromatic

#0E4D36 #18805B #21B480 #38DAA1 #6BE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#21B480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#21B480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B480

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B480	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.141 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cba5',
    500: '#21b480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b480;
$custom-light: #77cba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.776,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6844,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B480

secondary

#CA678A

accent

#3C7AEC

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B480

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

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