#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
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -37.47, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 38.76, 194.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1155 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.119 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7902, 40.3028, 53.3186)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##21BDBB	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #21BDBB

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

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