#21BDBC#21BDBC

#21BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BDBC
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -37.18, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 38.61, 195.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.115 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.119 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8976, 40.3458, 53.8844)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BDBC #BD2122

analogous

#21BD6E #21BDBC #2170BD

triadic

#21BDBC #BC21BD #BDBC21

tetradic

#21BDBC #6E21BD #BD2122 #70BD21

square

#21BDBC #6E21BD #BD2122 #70BD21

split-complementary

#21BDBC #BD2170 #BD6E21

monochromatic

#0F5554 #188988 #21BDBC #3EDDDC #72E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#21BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#21BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDBC

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BDBC	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1d0',
    500: '#21bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bdbc;
$custom-light: #7cd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72503,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BDBC

secondary

#CD6D6D

accent

#3B3CED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDBC

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

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