#21B481#21B481

#21B481 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.140 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B481
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(159, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(159, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 28.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -49.01, 15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 51.47, 162.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.134 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.14 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9085, 34.5482, 26.3311)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B481 #B42154

analogous

#21B438 #21B481 #219EB4

triadic

#21B481 #8121B4 #B48121

tetradic

#21B481 #3821B4 #B42154 #9EB421

square

#21B481 #3821B4 #B42154 #9EB421

split-complementary

#21B481 #B4219E #B43821

monochromatic

#0E4D37 #18805C #21B481 #38DAA2 #6BE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#21B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#21B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B481

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B481	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.140 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cba5',
    500: '#21b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b481;
$custom-light: #77cba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.184,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68464,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B481

secondary

#CA6789

accent

#3C79EC

background

#F7FCFA

surface

#EEF9F4

border

#C9D2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B481

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

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