#21BCBE#21BCBE

#21BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.118 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BCBE
RGB	rgb(33, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -36.12, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 38.02, 198.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1132 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.118 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9003, 40.0039, 54.9562)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BCBE #BE2321

analogous

#21BE71 #21BCBE #216DBE

triadic

#21BCBE #BE21BC #BCBE21

tetradic

#21BCBE #7121BE #BE2321 #6DBE21

square

#21BCBE #7121BE #BE2321 #6DBE21

split-complementary

#21BCBE #BE216D #BE7121

monochromatic

#0F5556 #18888A #21BCBE #3FDCDE #73E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#21BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#21BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BCBE

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BCBE	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.118 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d1',
    500: '#21bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bcbe;
$custom-light: #7dd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.764,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72326,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BCBE

secondary

#CD6F6D

accent

#3D3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BCBE

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

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