#21BDB6#21BDB6

#21BDB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BDB6
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -38.93, -7.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 39.63, 190.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1177 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.12 190)
XYZ	xyz(27.2642, 40.0924, 50.5485)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BDB6 #BD2128

analogous

#21BD68 #21BDB6 #2176BD

triadic

#21BDB6 #B621BD #BDB621

tetradic

#21BDB6 #6821BD #BD2128 #76BD21

square

#21BDB6 #6821BD #BD2128 #76BD21

split-complementary

#21BDB6 #BD2176 #BD6821

monochromatic

#0F5552 #188984 #21BDB6 #3EDDD6 #72E6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#21BDB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#21BDB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDB6

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BDB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BDB6	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bdb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1cb',
    500: '#21bdb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bdb6;
$custom-light: #7cd1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bdb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.308,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72297,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.40096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BDB6

secondary

#CD6D71

accent

#3B43ED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDB6

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

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