#21BDC2#21BDC2

#21BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BDC2
RGB	rgb(33, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -35.38, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 37.84, 200.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1124 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.118 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5579, 40.6099, 57.3618)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BDC2 #C22621

analogous

#21C276 #21BDC2 #216DC2

triadic

#21BDC2 #C221BD #BDC221

tetradic

#21BDC2 #7621C2 #C22621 #6DC221

square

#21BDC2 #7621C2 #C22621 #6DC221

split-complementary

#21BDC2 #C2216D #C27621

monochromatic

#0F5759 #188A8E #21BDC2 #41DADF #76E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#21BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#21BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BDC2

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BDC2	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A4C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd1d4',
    500: '#21bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bdc2;
$custom-light: #7dd1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.863,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72717,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BDC2

secondary

#CF7370

accent

#403AEE

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BDC2

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

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