#21B494#21B494

#21B494 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B494
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 148)
HSL	hsl(167, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(167, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 17.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -44.36, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 44.75, 172.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.1248 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.126 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2909, 35.1012, 33.6116)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B494 #B42141

analogous

#21B44B #21B494 #218BB4

triadic

#21B494 #9421B4 #B49421

tetradic

#21B494 #4B21B4 #B42141 #8BB421

square

#21B494 #4B21B4 #B42141 #8BB421

split-complementary

#21B494 #B4218B #B44B21

monochromatic

#0E4D3F #188069 #21B494 #38DAB7 #6BE4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#21B494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#21B494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B494

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B494	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78cbb3',
    500: '#21b494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b494;
$custom-light: #78cbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.939,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68961,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B494

secondary

#CA677C

accent

#3C62EC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B494

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

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