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#21CFBB

#21cfbb ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21cfbb is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 81.18% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.06% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.66% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 173.1°, with 72.5% saturation and 47.06% 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 10.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 4.55.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4854

Complementary

  1. #21cfbb
  2. #cf2135

Split complementary

  1. #21cfbb
  2. #cf218c
  3. #cf6421

Analogous

  1. #21cf64
  2. #21cfbb
  3. #218ccf

Triadic

  1. #21cfbb
  2. #bb21cf
  3. #cfbb21

Tetradic

  1. #21cfbb
  2. #2135cf
  3. #cf2135
  4. #cfbb21

Square

  1. #21cfbb
  2. #6421cf
  3. #cf2135
  4. #8ccf21

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4b44
  2. #168d7f
  3. #21cfbb
  4. #58e4d4
  5. #9aefe5

Shades

#21cfbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21cfbb
  2. #1ebaa8
  3. #1aa696
  4. #179183
  5. #147c70
  6. #11685e
  7. #0d534b
  8. #0a3e38
  9. #072925
  10. #031513
  11. #000000

Tints

#21cfbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21cfbb
  2. #37d4c2
  3. #4dd9c9
  4. #64ddcf
  5. #7ae2d6
  6. #90e7dd
  7. #a6ece4
  8. #bcf1eb
  9. #d3f5f1
  10. #e9faf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21cfbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21cfbb
  2. #2bc7b5
  3. #34bfaf
  4. #3eb7a9
  5. #47afa3
  6. #51a89e
  7. #5aa098
  8. #649892
  9. #6d908c
  10. #778886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94c2ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5c2ba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afb2bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d3c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec8bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cbfbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d2c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21cfbb {
  color: #21cfbb;
}
Background
.bg-21cfbb {
  background-color: #21cfbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21cfbb {
  border: 2px solid #21cfbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21cfbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 207 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 73% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21cfbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21cfbb, #218ccf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21cfbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 207 187 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.55 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.48 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.74 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.79 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.94 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 7.17 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.77 #de3044 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#21cfbb  rgb(33, 207, 187)  hsl(173, 73%, 47%)  Turquoise
#cf2135  rgb(207, 33, 53)  hsl(353, 73%, 47%)  Crimson
#bb21cf  rgb(187, 33, 207)  hsl(293, 73%, 47%)  Dark Orchid
#cfbb21  rgb(207, 187, 33)  hsl(53, 73%, 47%)  Old Gold