#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
RGBrgb(33, 188, 173)
HSLhsl(174, 70%, 43%)
HSVhsv(174, 82%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.97, -41.06, -3.28)
CIE-LCHlch(68.97, 41.19, 184.57°)
OKLaboklab(71.75% -0.1208 -0.0095)
OKLCHoklch(71.75% 0.121 184.5)
XYZxyz(26.1495, 39.3036, 45.7352)
Luminance0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##21BCAD1.002.378.868.86
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8621.001.001.00
##0000008.8621.001.001.00

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

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#21BCAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva