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#21BCD3

#21bcd3 ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21bcd3 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 73.73% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.36% cyan, 10.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 187.75°, with 72.95% saturation and 47.84% 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 9.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 8.6.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4099

Complementary

  1. #21bcd3
  2. #d33821

Split complementary

  1. #21bcd3
  2. #d32163
  3. #d39121

Analogous

  1. #21d391
  2. #21bcd3
  3. #2163d3

Triadic

  1. #21bcd3
  2. #d321bc
  3. #bcd321

Tetradic

  1. #21bcd3
  2. #3821d3
  3. #d33821
  4. #bcd321

Square

  1. #21bcd3
  2. #9121d3
  3. #d33821
  4. #63d321

Monochromatic

  1. #0c464f
  2. #178191
  3. #21bcd3
  4. #5bd4e5
  5. #9de5f0

Shades

#21bcd3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21bcd3
  2. #1ea9be
  3. #1a96a9
  4. #178494
  5. #14717f
  6. #115e6a
  7. #0d4b54
  8. #0a383f
  9. #07262a
  10. #031315
  11. #000000

Tints

#21bcd3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21bcd3
  2. #37c3d7
  3. #4dc9dc
  4. #64d0e0
  5. #7ad7e5
  6. #90dee9
  7. #a6e4ed
  8. #bcebf2
  9. #d3f2f6
  10. #e9f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21bcd3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21bcd3
  2. #2bb6cb
  3. #34b0c2
  4. #3eaaba
  5. #47a4b2
  6. #519eaa
  7. #5a98a1
  8. #649299
  9. #6d8c91
  10. #778688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89b2bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b5d4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93a4d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88b8d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76aed3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c2ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21bcd3 {
  color: #21bcd3;
}
Background
.bg-21bcd3 {
  background-color: #21bcd3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21bcd3 {
  border: 2px solid #21bcd3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21bcd3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 188 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 73% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21bcd3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21bcd3, #2163d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21bcd3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 188 211 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.60 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.26 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.07 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.08 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.11 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.20 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 11.00 #de432c Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#21bcd3  rgb(33, 188, 211)  hsl(188, 73%, 48%)  Dark Turquoise
#d33821  rgb(211, 56, 33)  hsl(8, 73%, 48%)  Lust
#d321bc  rgb(211, 33, 188)  hsl(308, 73%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#bcd321  rgb(188, 211, 33)  hsl(68, 73%, 48%)  Pear