#21BDB0#21BDB0

#21BDB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BDB0
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(175, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -40.65, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 40.89, 186.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1204 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.121 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6574, 39.8497, 47.3527)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BDB0 #BD212E

analogous

#21BD62 #21BDB0 #217CBD

triadic

#21BDB0 #B021BD #BDB021

tetradic

#21BDB0 #6221BD #BD212E #7CBD21

square

#21BDB0 #6221BD #BD212E #7CBD21

split-complementary

#21BDB0 #BD217C #BD6221

monochromatic

#0F554F #18897F #21BDB0 #3EDDD0 #72E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#21BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#21BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDB0

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BDB0	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c7',
    500: '#21bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bdb0;
$custom-light: #7bd1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72099,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BDB0

secondary

#CD6D75

accent

#3B4AED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDB0

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

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