#21BDBD#21BDBD

#21BDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#21BDBD
RGBrgb(33, 189, 189)
HSLhsl(180, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(180, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(82.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.75, -36.88, -10.91)
CIE-LCHlch(69.75, 38.46, 196.49°)
OKLaboklab(72.54% -0.1146 -0.0304)
OKLCHoklch(72.54% 0.119 194.9)
XYZxyz(28.0058, 40.3891, 54.4541)
Luminance0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#21BDBD #BD2121
analogous
#21BD6F #21BDBD #216FBD
triadic
#21BDBD #BD21BD #BDBD21
tetradic
#21BDBD #6F21BD #BD2121 #6FBD21
square
#21BDBD #6F21BD #BD2121 #6FBD21
split-complementary
#21BDBD #BD216F #BD6F21
monochromatic
#0F5555 #188989 #21BDBD #3EDDDD #72E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#21BDBD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08
#21BDBD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDBD
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##21BDBD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##21BDBD1.002.319.089.08
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0821.001.001.00
##0000009.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0B3BD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9BA4BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #21bdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 194.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d0',
    500: '#21bdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #21bdbd;
$custom-light: #7dd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#21bdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#21BDBD
secondary
#CD6D6D
accent
#3B3BED
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDBD

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