#21BCAD#21BCAD

#21BCAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BCAD
RGB	rgb(33, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(174, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -41.06, -3.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 41.19, 184.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1208 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.121 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1495, 39.3036, 45.7352)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BCAD #BC2130

analogous

#21BC60 #21BCAD #217DBC

triadic

#21BCAD #AD21BC #BCAD21

tetradic

#21BCAD #6021BC #BC2130 #7DBC21

square

#21BCAD #6021BC #BC2130 #7DBC21

split-complementary

#21BCAD #BC217D #BC6021

monochromatic

#0F544D #18887D #21BCAD #3DDDCE #71E6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#21BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#21BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BCAD

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BCAD	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c5',
    500: '#21bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bcad;
$custom-light: #7bd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.194,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BCAD

secondary

#CD6C75

accent

#3B4CED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BCAD

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

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