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#21C8A7

#21c8a7 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21c8a7 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 78.43% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 168.14°, with 71.67% saturation and 45.69% 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 9.88:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 4.57.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4442

Complementary

  1. #21c8a7
  2. #c82142

Split complementary

  1. #21c8a7
  2. #c82196
  3. #c85321

Analogous

  1. #21c853
  2. #21c8a7
  3. #2196c8

Triadic

  1. #21c8a7
  2. #a721c8
  3. #c8a721

Tetradic

  1. #21c8a7
  2. #2142c8
  3. #c82142
  4. #c8a721

Square

  1. #21c8a7
  2. #5321c8
  3. #c82142
  4. #96c821

Monochromatic

  1. #0b4539
  2. #168670
  3. #21c8a7
  4. #53e3c6
  5. #95eddc

Shades

#21c8a7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21c8a7
  2. #1eb496
  3. #1aa086
  4. #178c75
  5. #147864
  6. #116454
  7. #0d5043
  8. #0a3c32
  9. #072821
  10. #031411
  11. #000000

Tints

#21c8a7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21c8a7
  2. #37ceb0
  3. #4dd3b9
  4. #64d9c1
  5. #7adeca
  6. #90e4d3
  7. #a6e9dc
  8. #bcefe5
  9. #d3f4ed
  10. #e9faf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21c8a7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21c8a7
  2. #2bc1a3
  3. #34ba9f
  4. #3eb29b
  5. #47ab97
  6. #51a494
  7. #5a9d90
  8. #64968c
  9. #6d8e88
  10. #778784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbbae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1bba5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaca9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cabe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ac0a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ab8a8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c9b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21c8a7 {
  color: #21c8a7;
}
Background
.bg-21c8a7 {
  background-color: #21c8a7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21c8a7 {
  border: 2px solid #21c8a7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21c8a7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 200 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 72% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21c8a7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21c8a7, #2196c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21c8a7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 200 167 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.57 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.66 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.80 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.23 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.38 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.54 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.57 #de3758 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#21c8a7  rgb(33, 200, 167)  hsl(168, 72%, 46%)  Caribbean Green
#c82142  rgb(200, 33, 66)  hsl(348, 72%, 46%)  Cardinal
#a721c8  rgb(167, 33, 200)  hsl(288, 72%, 46%)  Dark Orchid
#c8a721  rgb(200, 167, 33)  hsl(48, 72%, 46%)  Metallic Gold