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#21ABA9

#21aba9 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21aba9 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 67.06% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.7% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.17% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 179.13°, with 67.65% saturation and 40% 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 7.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.94.

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Relative luminance0.3231

Complementary

  1. #21aba9
  2. #ab2123

Split complementary

  1. #21aba9
  2. #ab2168
  3. #ab6421

Analogous

  1. #21ab64
  2. #21aba9
  3. #2168ab

Triadic

  1. #21aba9
  2. #a921ab
  3. #aba921

Tetradic

  1. #21aba9
  2. #2123ab
  3. #ab2123
  4. #aba921

Square

  1. #21aba9
  2. #6421ab
  3. #ab2123
  4. #68ab21

Monochromatic

  1. #082b2a
  2. #156b6a
  3. #21aba9
  4. #3fdad8
  5. #7fe6e5

Shades

#21aba9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21aba9
  2. #1e9a98
  3. #1a8987
  4. #177876
  5. #146765
  6. #115655
  7. #0d4444
  8. #0a3333
  9. #072222
  10. #031111
  11. #000000

Tints

#21aba9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21aba9
  2. #37b3b2
  3. #4dbcba
  4. #64c4c3
  5. #7acdcb
  6. #90d5d4
  7. #a6dddd
  8. #bce6e5
  9. #d3eeee
  10. #e9f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21aba9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21aba9
  2. #2ba7a5
  3. #34a2a1
  4. #3e9e9d
  5. #479a99
  6. #519695
  7. #5a9190
  8. #648d8c
  9. #6d8988
  10. #778484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ca1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a2a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d94aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a6a9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #719eaa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aeaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21aba9 {
  color: #21aba9;
}
Background
.bg-21aba9 {
  background-color: #21aba9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21aba9 {
  border: 2px solid #21aba9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21aba9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 171 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 68% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21aba9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21aba9, #2168ab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21aba9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 171 169 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.94 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.08 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.34 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.66 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.27 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.93 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.57 #de5456 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#21aba9  rgb(33, 171, 169)  hsl(179, 68%, 40%)  Light Sea Green
#ab2123  rgb(171, 33, 35)  hsl(359, 68%, 40%)  Firebrick
#a921ab  rgb(169, 33, 171)  hsl(299, 68%, 40%)  Dark Orchid
#aba921  rgb(171, 169, 33)  hsl(59, 68%, 40%)  Brass