#21B485#21B485

#21B485 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.137 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B485
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 133)
HSL	hsl(161, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 26.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -48.08, 13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 49.98, 164.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.1321 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.137 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1796, 34.6566, 27.7589)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B485 #B42150

analogous

#21B43B #21B485 #219AB4

triadic

#21B485 #8521B4 #B48521

tetradic

#21B485 #3B21B4 #B42150 #9AB421

square

#21B485 #3B21B4 #B42150 #9AB421

split-complementary

#21B485 #B4219A #B43B21

monochromatic

#0E4D39 #18805F #21B485 #38DAA6 #6BE4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#21B485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#21B485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B485

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B485	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.137 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cba8',
    500: '#21b485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b485;
$custom-light: #77cba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.816,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68562,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B485

secondary

#CA6787

accent

#3C74EC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B485

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

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