#21B489#21B489

#21B489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.133 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B489
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 137)
HSL	hsl(162, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(162, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -47.12, 11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 48.53, 166.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.1301 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.133 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4612, 34.7693, 29.2421)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B489 #B4214C

analogous

#21B440 #21B489 #2196B4

triadic

#21B489 #8921B4 #B48921

tetradic

#21B489 #4021B4 #B4214C #96B421

square

#21B489 #4021B4 #B4214C #96B421

split-complementary

#21B489 #B42196 #B44021

monochromatic

#0E4D3A #188062 #21B489 #38DAAB #6BE4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#21B489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#21B489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B489

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B489	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.133 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cbab',
    500: '#21b489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b489;
$custom-light: #77cbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.449,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68663,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B489

secondary

#CA6784

accent

#3C6FEC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B489

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

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