#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
RGB	rgb(33, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(175, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(175, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -40.78, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 40.95, 185.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.1204 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.121 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2466, 39.3424, 46.2467)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##21BCAE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BCAE

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

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