#21BCAE#21BCAE

#21BCAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#21BCAE
RGBrgb(33, 188, 174)
HSLhsl(175, 70%, 43%)
HSVhsv(175, 82%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.00, -40.78, -3.79)
CIE-LCHlch(69.00, 40.95, 185.31°)
OKLaboklab(71.78% -0.1204 -0.0109)
OKLCHoklch(71.78% 0.121 185.2)
XYZxyz(26.2466, 39.3424, 46.2467)
Luminance0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#21BCAE #BC212F
analogous
#21BC61 #21BCAE #217CBC
triadic
#21BCAE #AE21BC #BCAE21
tetradic
#21BCAE #6121BC #BC212F #7CBC21
square
#21BCAE #6121BC #BC212F #7CBC21
split-complementary
#21BCAE #BC217C #BC6121
monochromatic
#0F544E #18887E #21BCAE #3DDDCF #71E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#21BCAE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87
#21BCAE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BCAE
8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##21BCAE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##21BCAE1.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B1AE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA2B0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #21bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 185.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c6',
    500: '#21bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #21bcae;
$custom-light: #7bd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#21bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.581,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71783,
    "c": 0.12088,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#21BCAE
secondary
#CD6C75
accent
#3B4BED
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#EFF9F8
border
#CAD2D1
text
#0B1413
muted
#7C8282

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