#21BDBB#21BDBB

#21BDBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#21BDBB
RGBrgb(33, 189, 187)
HSLhsl(179, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(179, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(82.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.68, -37.47, -9.91)
CIE-LCHlch(69.68, 38.76, 194.81°)
OKLaboklab(72.47% -0.1155 -0.0276)
OKLCHoklch(72.47% 0.119 193.5)
XYZxyz(27.7902, 40.3028, 53.3186)
Luminance0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#21BDBB #BD2123
analogous
#21BD6D #21BDBB #2171BD
triadic
#21BDBB #BB21BD #BDBB21
tetradic
#21BDBB #6D21BD #BD2123 #71BD21
square
#21BDBB #6D21BD #BD2123 #71BD21
split-complementary
#21BDBB #BD2171 #BD6D21
monochromatic
#0F5554 #188987 #21BDBB #3EDDDB #72E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#21BDBB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06
#21BDBB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDBB
9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##21BDBB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##21BDBB1.002.329.069.06
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0621.001.001.00
##0000009.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0B3BB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9CA4BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #21bdbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 193.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1cf',
    500: '#21bdbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #21bdbb;
$custom-light: #7cd1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#21bdbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72468,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#21BDBB
secondary
#CD6D6E
accent
#3B3DED
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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