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#21C8A9

#21c8a9 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21c8a9 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 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 168.86°, 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 9.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 4.83.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.445

Complementary

  1. #21c8a9
  2. #c82140

Split complementary

  1. #21c8a9
  2. #c82194
  3. #c85621

Analogous

  1. #21c856
  2. #21c8a9
  3. #2194c8

Triadic

  1. #21c8a9
  2. #a921c8
  3. #c8a921

Tetradic

  1. #21c8a9
  2. #2140c8
  3. #c82140
  4. #c8a921

Square

  1. #21c8a9
  2. #5621c8
  3. #c82140
  4. #94c821

Monochromatic

  1. #0b453a
  2. #168672
  3. #21c8a9
  4. #53e3c8
  5. #95eddd

Shades

#21c8a9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21c8a9
  2. #1eb498
  3. #1aa087
  4. #178c76
  5. #147865
  6. #116455
  7. #0d5044
  8. #0a3c33
  9. #072822
  10. #031411
  11. #000000

Tints

#21c8a9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21c8a9
  2. #37ceb2
  3. #4dd3ba
  4. #64d9c3
  5. #7adecb
  6. #90e4d4
  7. #a6e9dd
  8. #bcefe5
  9. #d3f4ee
  10. #e9faf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21c8a9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21c8a9
  2. #2bc1a5
  3. #34baa1
  4. #3eb29d
  5. #47ab99
  6. #51a495
  7. #5a9d90
  8. #64968c
  9. #6d8e88
  10. #778784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbbae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0bba8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acacab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cbbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ac0a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ab8aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cab7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21c8a9 {
  color: #21c8a9;
}
Background
.bg-21c8a9 {
  background-color: #21c8a9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21c8a9 {
  border: 2px solid #21c8a9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21c8a9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 200 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 169 72% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21c8a9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21c8a9, #2194c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21c8a9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 200 169 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.83 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.14 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.15 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.98 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.40 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.03 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.10 #de3756 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#21c8a9  rgb(33, 200, 169)  hsl(169, 72%, 46%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c82140  rgb(200, 33, 64)  hsl(349, 72%, 46%)  Cardinal
#a921c8  rgb(169, 33, 200)  hsl(289, 72%, 46%)  Dark Orchid
#c8a921  rgb(200, 169, 33)  hsl(49, 72%, 46%)  Metallic Gold