#21BCA0#21BCA0

#21BCA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BCA0
RGB	rgb(33, 188, 160)
HSL	hsl(169, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(169, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -44.60, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 44.73, 175.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.1269 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.127 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9523, 38.8247, 39.4297)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BCA0 #BC213D

analogous

#21BC52 #21BCA0 #218ABC

triadic

#21BCA0 #A021BC #BCA021

tetradic

#21BCA0 #5221BC #BC213D #8ABC21

square

#21BCA0 #5221BC #BC213D #8ABC21

split-complementary

#21BCA0 #BC218A #BC5221

monochromatic

#0F5447 #188874 #21BCA0 #3DDDC0 #71E6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#21BCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#21BCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BCA0

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BCA0	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 188, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ad1bc',
    500: '#21bca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bca0;
$custom-light: #7ad1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.161,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71353,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BCA0

secondary

#CD6C7D

accent

#3B5BED

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BCA0

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

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