#21BDBE#21BDBE

#21BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BDBE
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -36.58, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 38.32, 197.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1141 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.118 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1147, 40.4326, 55.0277)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BDBE #BE2221

analogous

#21BE70 #21BDBE #216EBE

triadic

#21BDBE #BE21BD #BDBE21

tetradic

#21BDBE #7021BE #BE2221 #6EBE21

square

#21BDBE #7021BE #BE2221 #6EBE21

split-complementary

#21BDBE #BE216E #BE7021

monochromatic

#0F5556 #18898A #21BDBE #3FDDDE #73E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#21BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#21BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDBE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BDBE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d1',
    500: '#21bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bdbe;
$custom-light: #7dd1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.382,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72574,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BDBE

secondary

#CD6E6D

accent

#3C3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDBE

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

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