#21BABD#21BABD

#21BABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.117 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BABD
RGB	rgb(33, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -35.49, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 37.55, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1117 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.117 197)
XYZ	xyz(27.3671, 39.1118, 54.2412)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BABD #BD2421

analogous

#21BD72 #21BABD #216CBD

triadic

#21BABD #BD21BA #BABD21

tetradic

#21BABD #7221BD #BD2421 #6CBD21

square

#21BABD #7221BD #BD2421 #6CBD21

split-complementary

#21BABD #BD216C #BD7221

monochromatic

#0F5355 #188789 #21BABD #3EDADD #72E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#21BABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#21BABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BABD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BABD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21babd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.117 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccfd0',
    500: '#21babd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21babd;
$custom-light: #7ccfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21babd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71795,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.39115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BABD

secondary

#CD6F6D

accent

#3E3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1414

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BABD

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

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