#21BEBC#21BEBC

#21BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BEBC
RGB	rgb(33, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -37.63, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 38.93, 194.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.116 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.119 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1135, 40.7775, 53.9563)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BEBC #BE2123

analogous

#21BE6D #21BEBC #2171BE

triadic

#21BEBC #BC21BE #BEBC21

tetradic

#21BEBC #6D21BE #BE2123 #71BE21

square

#21BEBC #6D21BE #BE2123 #71BE21

split-complementary

#21BEBC #BE2171 #BE6D21

monochromatic

#0F5655 #188A88 #21BEBC #3FDEDC #73E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#21BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#21BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BEBC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BEBC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd2d0',
    500: '#21bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bebc;
$custom-light: #7dd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.236,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72751,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BEBC

secondary

#CD6D6F

accent

#3B3DED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BEBC

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

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