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#21CDC2

#21cdc2 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21cdc2 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 80.39% green and 76.08% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.9% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.37% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 176.16°, with 72.27% saturation and 46.67% 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 10.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.01.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4788

Complementary

  1. #21cdc2
  2. #cd212c

Split complementary

  1. #21cdc2
  2. #cd2182
  3. #cd6c21

Analogous

  1. #21cd6c
  2. #21cdc2
  3. #2182cd

Triadic

  1. #21cdc2
  2. #c221cd
  3. #cdc221

Tetradic

  1. #21cdc2
  2. #212ccd
  3. #cd212c
  4. #cdc221

Square

  1. #21cdc2
  2. #6c21cd
  3. #cd212c
  4. #82cd21

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4945
  2. #168b84
  3. #21cdc2
  4. #57e4db
  5. #99efe9

Shades

#21cdc2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21cdc2
  2. #1eb9af
  3. #1aa49b
  4. #179088
  5. #147b74
  6. #116761
  7. #0d524e
  8. #0a3e3a
  9. #072927
  10. #031513
  11. #000000

Tints

#21cdc2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21cdc2
  2. #37d2c8
  3. #4dd7ce
  4. #64dcd4
  5. #7ae1da
  6. #90e6e1
  7. #a6ebe7
  8. #bcf0ed
  9. #d3f5f3
  10. #e9faf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21cdc2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21cdc2
  2. #2bc5bb
  3. #34beb5
  4. #3eb6ae
  5. #47aea8
  6. #51a7a1
  7. #5a9f9a
  8. #649794
  9. #6d8f8d
  10. #778887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93c1bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1c1c2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #abb1c3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d2c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bc6c2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89bdc3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d0c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21cdc2 {
  color: #21cdc2;
}
Background
.bg-21cdc2 {
  background-color: #21cdc2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21cdc2 {
  border: 2px solid #21cdc2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21cdc2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 205 194;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 72% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21cdc2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21cdc2, #2182cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21cdc2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 205 194 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.01 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.76 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.80 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.84 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.27 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.36 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 7.16 #de323d Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#21cdc2  rgb(33, 205, 194)  hsl(176, 72%, 47%)  Medium Turquoise
#cd212c  rgb(205, 33, 44)  hsl(356, 72%, 47%)  Fire Engine Red
#c221cd  rgb(194, 33, 205)  hsl(296, 72%, 47%)  Electric Purple
#cdc221  rgb(205, 194, 33)  hsl(56, 72%, 47%)  Citrine