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#21AAA6

#21aaa6 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21aaa6 is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 66.67% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 178.25°, with 67.49% saturation and 39.8% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.68.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3183

Complementary

  1. #21aaa6
  2. #aa2125

Split complementary

  1. #21aaa6
  2. #aa2169
  3. #aa6121

Analogous

  1. #21aa61
  2. #21aaa6
  3. #2169aa

Triadic

  1. #21aaa6
  2. #a621aa
  3. #aaa621

Tetradic

  1. #21aaa6
  2. #2125aa
  3. #aa2125
  4. #aaa621

Square

  1. #21aaa6
  2. #6121aa
  3. #aa2125
  4. #69aa21

Monochromatic

  1. #082a29
  2. #156a67
  3. #21aaa6
  4. #3edad5
  5. #7ee6e3

Shades

#21aaa6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21aaa6
  2. #1e9995
  3. #1a8885
  4. #177774
  5. #146664
  6. #115553
  7. #0d4442
  8. #0a3332
  9. #072221
  10. #031111
  11. #000000

Tints

#21aaa6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21aaa6
  2. #37b3af
  3. #4dbbb8
  4. #64c4c1
  5. #7accca
  6. #90d5d3
  7. #a6dddb
  8. #bce6e4
  9. #d3eeed
  10. #e9f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21aaa6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21aaa6
  2. #2ba6a2
  3. #34a29e
  4. #3e9d9b
  5. #479997
  6. #519593
  7. #5a918f
  8. #648d8b
  9. #6d8888
  10. #778484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ba09e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa1a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d93a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a5a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #719da7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ada7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21aaa6 {
  color: #21aaa6;
}
Background
.bg-21aaa6 {
  background-color: #21aaa6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21aaa6 {
  border: 2px solid #21aaa6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21aaa6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 170 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 67% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21aaa6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21aaa6, #2169aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21aaa6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 170 166 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.68 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.24 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.52 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.83 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.44 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.33 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.04 #de5559 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#21aaa6  rgb(33, 170, 166)  hsl(178, 67%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#aa2125  rgb(170, 33, 37)  hsl(358, 67%, 40%)  Brown
#a621aa  rgb(166, 33, 170)  hsl(298, 67%, 40%)  Dark Orchid
#aaa621  rgb(170, 166, 33)  hsl(58, 67%, 40%)  Brass