#21B6BD#21B6BD

#21B6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.115 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21B6BD
RGB	rgb(33, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -33.61, -14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 36.45, 202.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.1079 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.115 200)
XYZ	xyz(26.5362, 37.4500, 53.9642)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21B6BD #BD2821

analogous

#21BD76 #21B6BD #2168BD

triadic

#21B6BD #BD21B6 #B6BD21

tetradic

#21B6BD #7621BD #BD2821 #68BD21

square

#21B6BD #7621BD #BD2821 #68BD21

split-complementary

#21B6BD #BD2168 #BD7621

monochromatic

#0F5255 #188489 #21B6BD #3ED6DD #72E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#21B6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#21B6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21B6BD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21B6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21B6BD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21b6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.115 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccd0',
    500: '#21b6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21b6bd;
$custom-light: #7cccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21b6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.37453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21B6BD

secondary

#CD716D

accent

#433BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F9

border

#CAD2D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21B6BD

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

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