#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
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 189)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -36.88, -10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 38.46, 196.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1146 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.119 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0058, 40.3891, 54.4541)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##21BDBD	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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