#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
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 183)
HSL	hsl(178, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -38.64, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 39.44, 191.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.1172 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.119 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3679, 40.1339, 51.0948)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##21BDB7	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #21BDB7

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

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