#21B486#21B486

#21B486 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.136 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B486
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(161, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(161, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 25.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -47.84, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 49.62, 164.63°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.1316 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.136 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2490, 34.6844, 28.1245)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B486 #B4214F

analogous

#21B43C #21B486 #2199B4

triadic

#21B486 #8621B4 #B48621

tetradic

#21B486 #3C21B4 #B4214F #99B421

square

#21B486 #3C21B4 #B4214F #99B421

split-complementary

#21B486 #B42199 #B43C21

monochromatic

#0E4D39 #18805F #21B486 #38DAA8 #6BE4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#21B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#21B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B486

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B486	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.136 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cba9',
    500: '#21b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b486;
$custom-light: #77cba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.224,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68587,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B486

secondary

#CA6786

accent

#3C73EC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0A130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B486

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

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