#21BDAF#21BDAF

#21BDAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BDAF
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -40.94, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 41.12, 185.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.1209 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.121 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5588, 39.8103, 46.8335)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BDAF #BD212F

analogous

#21BD61 #21BDAF #217DBD

triadic

#21BDAF #AF21BD #BDAF21

tetradic

#21BDAF #6121BD #BD212F #7DBD21

square

#21BDAF #6121BD #BD212F #7DBD21

split-complementary

#21BDAF #BD217D #BD6121

monochromatic

#0F554F #18897F #21BDAF #3EDDCF #72E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#21BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#21BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDAF

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BDAF	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 185.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BDAF

secondary

#CD6D75

accent

#3B4BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDAF

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

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