#21BBBD#21BBBD

#21BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BBBD
RGB	rgb(33, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -35.95, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 37.85, 198.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.1127 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.117 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5785, 39.5346, 54.3116)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BBBD #BD2321

analogous

#21BD71 #21BBBD #216DBD

triadic

#21BBBD #BD21BB #BBBD21

tetradic

#21BBBD #7121BD #BD2321 #6DBD21

square

#21BBBD #7121BD #BD2321 #6DBD21

split-complementary

#21BBBD #BD216D #BD7121

monochromatic

#0F5455 #188789 #21BBBD #3EDBDD #72E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#21BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#21BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BBBD

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BBBD	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd0d0',
    500: '#21bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bbbd;
$custom-light: #7cd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72043,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BBBD

secondary

#CD6E6D

accent

#3D3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BBBD

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

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