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#21C8A8

#21c8a8 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21c8a8 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 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 16% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 168.5°, 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 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 4.73.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4446

Complementary

  1. #21c8a8
  2. #c82141

Split complementary

  1. #21c8a8
  2. #c82195
  3. #c85521

Analogous

  1. #21c855
  2. #21c8a8
  3. #2195c8

Triadic

  1. #21c8a8
  2. #a821c8
  3. #c8a821

Tetradic

  1. #21c8a8
  2. #2141c8
  3. #c82141
  4. #c8a821

Square

  1. #21c8a8
  2. #5521c8
  3. #c82141
  4. #95c821

Monochromatic

  1. #0b453a
  2. #168671
  3. #21c8a8
  4. #53e3c7
  5. #95eddc

Shades

#21c8a8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21c8a8
  2. #1eb497
  3. #1aa086
  4. #178c76
  5. #147865
  6. #116454
  7. #0d5043
  8. #0a3c32
  9. #072822
  10. #031411
  11. #000000

Tints

#21c8a8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21c8a8
  2. #37ceb1
  3. #4dd3b9
  4. #64d9c2
  5. #7adecb
  6. #90e4d4
  7. #a6e9dc
  8. #bcefe5
  9. #d3f4ee
  10. #e9faf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21c8a8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21c8a8
  2. #2bc1a4
  3. #34baa0
  4. #3eb29c
  5. #47ab98
  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 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbbae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0bba7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acacaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cbbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ac0a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ab8a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cab6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21c8a8 {
  color: #21c8a8;
}
Background
.bg-21c8a8 {
  background-color: #21c8a8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21c8a8 {
  border: 2px solid #21c8a8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21c8a8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 200 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 72% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21c8a8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21c8a8, #2195c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21c8a8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 200 168 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.73 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.85 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.97 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.18 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.31 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.30 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.32 #de3757 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#21c8a8  rgb(33, 200, 168)  hsl(169, 72%, 46%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c82141  rgb(200, 33, 65)  hsl(349, 72%, 46%)  Cardinal
#a821c8  rgb(168, 33, 200)  hsl(289, 72%, 46%)  Dark Orchid
#c8a821  rgb(200, 168, 33)  hsl(49, 72%, 46%)  Metallic Gold