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#21BFBB

#21bfbb ≈ Tiffany Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21bfbb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 74.9% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.72% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.09% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 178.48°, with 70.54% saturation and 43.92% 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 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tiffany Blue (#0abab5), ΔE 1.54.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4117

Complementary

  1. #21bfbb
  2. #bf2125

Split complementary

  1. #21bfbb
  2. #bf2174
  3. #bf6c21

Analogous

  1. #21bf6c
  2. #21bfbb
  3. #2174bf

Triadic

  1. #21bfbb
  2. #bb21bf
  3. #bfbb21

Tetradic

  1. #21bfbb
  2. #2125bf
  3. #bf2125
  4. #bfbb21

Square

  1. #21bfbb
  2. #6c21bf
  3. #bf2125
  4. #74bf21

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3d3b
  2. #167e7b
  3. #21bfbb
  4. #4ce0dc
  5. #8eebe9

Shades

#21bfbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21bfbb
  2. #1eaca8
  3. #1a9996
  4. #178683
  5. #147370
  6. #11605e
  7. #0d4c4b
  8. #0a3938
  9. #072625
  10. #031313
  11. #000000

Tints

#21bfbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21bfbb
  2. #37c5c2
  3. #4dccc9
  4. #64d2cf
  5. #7ad9d6
  6. #90dfdd
  7. #a6e5e4
  8. #bceceb
  9. #d3f2f1
  10. #e9f9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21bfbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21bfbb
  2. #2bb9b5
  3. #34b2af
  4. #3eaca9
  5. #47a6a3
  6. #51a09e
  7. #5a9998
  8. #649392
  9. #6d8d8c
  10. #778686
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ab4b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3b5bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ea5bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fb9bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fb0bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c3bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21bfbb {
  color: #21bfbb;
}
Background
.bg-21bfbb {
  background-color: #21bfbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21bfbb {
  border: 2px solid #21bfbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21bfbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 191 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 71% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21bfbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21bfbb, #2174bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21bfbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 191 187 / 0.35);
}

#0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 1.54 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.64 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.64 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.93 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.57 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.91 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.90 #de4044 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Tiffany Blue
#21bfbb  rgb(33, 191, 187)  hsl(178, 71%, 44%)  Tiffany Blue
#bf2125  rgb(191, 33, 37)  hsl(358, 71%, 44%)  Firebrick
#bb21bf  rgb(187, 33, 191)  hsl(298, 71%, 44%)  Dark Orchid
#bfbb21  rgb(191, 187, 33)  hsl(58, 71%, 44%)  Old Gold