#21B496#21B496

#21B496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B496
RGB	rgb(33, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, -43.84, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 44.11, 173.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.1239 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.124 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4506, 35.1650, 34.4525)
Luminance	0.3517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B496 #B4213F

analogous

#21B44D #21B496 #2189B4

triadic

#21B496 #9621B4 #B49621

tetradic

#21B496 #4D21B4 #B4213F #89B421

square

#21B496 #4D21B4 #B4213F #89B421

split-complementary

#21B496 #B42189 #B44D21

monochromatic

#0E4D40 #18806B #21B496 #38DAB9 #6BE4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#21B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#21B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B496

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B496	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78cbb4',
    500: '#21b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b496;
$custom-light: #78cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.755,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69018,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B496

secondary

#CA677B

accent

#3C60EC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B496

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

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