#21B487#21B487

#21B487 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.135 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B487
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 135)
HSL	hsl(162, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 25%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -47.60, 12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 49.25, 165.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.1311 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.135 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3191, 34.7124, 28.4935)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B487 #B4214E

analogous

#21B43E #21B487 #2198B4

triadic

#21B487 #8721B4 #B48721

tetradic

#21B487 #3E21B4 #B4214E #98B421

square

#21B487 #3E21B4 #B4214E #98B421

split-complementary

#21B487 #B42198 #B43E21

monochromatic

#0E4D39 #188060 #21B487 #38DAA9 #6BE4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#21B487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#21B487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B487

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B487	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#B0A785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.135 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cbaa',
    500: '#21b487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b487;
$custom-light: #77cbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.633,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68612,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B487

secondary

#CA6785

accent

#3C72EC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B487

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

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