#21CA9F#21CA9F

#21CA9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.143 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21CA9F
RGB	rgb(33, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(165, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(165, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 0%, 21.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -50.63, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 51.63, 168.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.1408 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.143 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0022, 45.0640, 40.0165)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21CA9F #CA214C

analogous

#21CA4B #21CA9F #21A0CA

triadic

#21CA9F #9F21CA #CA9F21

tetradic

#21CA9F #4B21CA #CA214C #A0CA21

square

#21CA9F #4B21CA #CA214C #A0CA21

split-complementary

#21CA9F #CA21A0 #CA4B21

monochromatic

#10614C #189576 #21CA9F #47E1BA #7CEACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#21CA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#21CA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #21CA9F

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21CA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21CA9F	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BC9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0ADA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21ca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.143 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ddbbb',
    500: '#21ca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21ca9f;
$custom-light: #7ddbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21ca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.734,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7488,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21CA9F

secondary

#D2758D

accent

#3967EF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #21CA9F

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

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