#21B490#21B490

#21B490 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.128 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B490
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 144)
HSL	hsl(165, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(165, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 20%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -45.39, 7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 46.08, 170.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.1268 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.128 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9798, 34.9767, 31.9729)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B490 #B42145

analogous

#21B447 #21B490 #218FB4

triadic

#21B490 #9021B4 #B49021

tetradic

#21B490 #4721B4 #B42145 #8FB421

square

#21B490 #4721B4 #B42145 #8FB421

split-complementary

#21B490 #B4218F #B44721

monochromatic

#0E4D3D #188067 #21B490 #38DAB3 #6BE4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#21B490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#21B490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B490

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B490	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.128 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77cbb0',
    500: '#21b490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b490;
$custom-light: #77cbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.306,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6885,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B490

secondary

#CA677F

accent

#3C67EC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0A1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B490

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

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