#21BDAD#21BDAD

#21BDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BDAD
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -41.50, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 41.59, 183.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1218 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.122 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3639, 39.7323, 45.8067)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BDAD #BD2131

analogous

#21BD5F #21BDAD #217FBD

triadic

#21BDAD #AD21BD #BDAD21

tetradic

#21BDAD #5F21BD #BD2131 #7FBD21

square

#21BDAD #5F21BD #BD2131 #7FBD21

split-complementary

#21BDAD #BD217F #BD5F21

monochromatic

#0F554E #18897D #21BDAD #3EDDCD #72E6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#21BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#21BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDAD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BDAD	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c5',
    500: '#21bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bdad;
$custom-light: #7bd1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72002,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BDAD

secondary

#CD6D77

accent

#3B4DED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDAD

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

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