#21BEBE#21BEBE

#21BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21BEBE
RGB	rgb(33, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -37.04, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 38.63, 196.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.1151 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.119 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3306, 40.8643, 55.0996)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21BEBE #BE2121

analogous

#21BE6F #21BEBE #216FBE

triadic

#21BEBE #BE21BE #BEBE21

tetradic

#21BEBE #6F21BE #BE2121 #6FBE21

square

#21BEBE #6F21BE #BE2121 #6FBE21

split-complementary

#21BEBE #BE216F #BE6F21

monochromatic

#0F5656 #188A8A #21BEBE #3FDEDE #73E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#21BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#21BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21BEBE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21BEBE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd2d1',
    500: '#21bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21bebe;
$custom-light: #7dd2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72821,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21BEBE

secondary

#CD6D6D

accent

#3B3BED

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #21BEBE

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

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