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#21BFA4

#21bfa4 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21bfa4 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 74.9% green and 64.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.72% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.14% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 169.75°, with 70.54% saturation and 43.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4027

Complementary

  1. #21bfa4
  2. #bf213c

Split complementary

  1. #21bfa4
  2. #bf218b
  3. #bf5521

Analogous

  1. #21bf55
  2. #21bfa4
  3. #218bbf

Triadic

  1. #21bfa4
  2. #a421bf
  3. #bfa421

Tetradic

  1. #21bfa4
  2. #213cbf
  3. #bf213c
  4. #bfa421

Square

  1. #21bfa4
  2. #5521bf
  3. #bf213c
  4. #8bbf21

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3d34
  2. #167e6c
  3. #21bfa4
  4. #4ce0c7
  5. #8eebdb

Shades

#21bfa4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21bfa4
  2. #1eac94
  3. #1a9983
  4. #178673
  5. #147362
  6. #116052
  7. #0d4c42
  8. #0a3931
  9. #072621
  10. #031310
  11. #000000

Tints

#21bfa4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21bfa4
  2. #37c5ad
  3. #4dccb6
  4. #64d2bf
  5. #7ad9c8
  6. #90dfd2
  7. #a6e5db
  8. #bcece4
  9. #d3f2ed
  10. #e9f9f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21bfa4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21bfa4
  2. #2bb9a0
  3. #34b29d
  4. #3eac99
  5. #47a696
  6. #51a092
  7. #5a998e
  8. #64938b
  9. #6d8d87
  10. #778684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88b3a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7b3a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4a4a6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93b8a3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83b0a5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21bfa4 {
  color: #21bfa4;
}
Background
.bg-21bfa4 {
  background-color: #21bfa4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21bfa4 {
  border: 2px solid #21bfa4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21bfa4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 191 164;
  --color-primary-hsl: 170 71% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21bfa4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21bfa4, #218bbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21bfa4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 191 164 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.26 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.34 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.68 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.73 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.02 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.37 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.47 #de405b Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#21bfa4  rgb(33, 191, 164)  hsl(170, 71%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bf213c  rgb(191, 33, 60)  hsl(350, 71%, 44%)  Cardinal
#a421bf  rgb(164, 33, 191)  hsl(290, 71%, 44%)  Dark Orchid
#bfa421  rgb(191, 164, 33)  hsl(50, 71%, 44%)  Brass