#21BDB1#21BDB1

#21BDB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BDB1
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -40.37, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 40.66, 186.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.12 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.121 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7567, 39.8894, 47.8757)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BDB1 #BD212D

analogous

#21BD63 #21BDB1 #217BBD

triadic

#21BDB1 #B121BD #BDB121

tetradic

#21BDB1 #6321BD #BD212D #7BBD21

square

#21BDB1 #6321BD #BD212D #7BBD21

split-complementary

#21BDB1 #BD217B #BD6321

monochromatic

#0F554F #188980 #21BDB1 #3EDDD1 #72E6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#21BDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#21BDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDB1

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BDB1	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bd1c8',
    500: '#21bdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bdb1;
$custom-light: #7bd1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72131,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BDB1

secondary

#CD6D74

accent

#3B48ED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDB1

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

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