#21BDB7#21BDB7

#21BDB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#21BDB7
RGBrgb(33, 189, 183)
HSLhsl(178, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(178, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(82.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.56, -38.64, -7.89)
CIE-LCHlch(69.56, 39.44, 191.54°)
OKLaboklab(72.33% -0.1172 -0.0221)
OKLCHoklch(72.33% 0.119 190.7)
XYZxyz(27.3679, 40.1339, 51.0948)
Luminance0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#21BDB7 #BD2127
analogous
#21BD69 #21BDB7 #2175BD
triadic
#21BDB7 #B721BD #BDB721
tetradic
#21BDB7 #6921BD #BD2127 #75BD21
square
#21BDB7 #6921BD #BD2127 #75BD21
split-complementary
#21BDB7 #BD2175 #BD6921
monochromatic
#0F5552 #188985 #21BDB7 #3EDDD7 #72E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#21BDB7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03
#21BDB7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDB7
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##21BDB7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##21BDB71.002.339.039.03
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0321.001.001.00
##0000009.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1B3B7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA4B8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #21bdb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 190.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1cc',
    500: '#21bdb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #21bdb7;
$custom-light: #7cd1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#21bdb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72331,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#21BDB7
secondary
#CD6D70
accent
#3B42ED
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0B1413
muted
#7C8282

Preview Lab

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#21BDB7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva