#21BCAF#21BCAF

#21BCAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.121 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BCAF
RGB	rgb(33, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(175, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -40.49, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 40.72, 186.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1199 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.121 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3445, 39.3816, 46.7620)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BCAF #BC212E

analogous

#21BC61 #21BCAF #217BBC

triadic

#21BCAF #AF21BC #BCAF21

tetradic

#21BCAF #6121BC #BC212E #7BBC21

square

#21BCAF #6121BC #BC212E #7BBC21

split-complementary

#21BCAF #BC217B #BC6121

monochromatic

#0F544E #18887F #21BCAF #3DDDD0 #71E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#21BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#21BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BCAF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BCAF	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.121 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c6',
    500: '#21bcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bcaf;
$custom-light: #7bd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.968,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71815,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BCAF

secondary

#CD6C74

accent

#3B4AED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BCAF

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

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