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#21D2BC

#21d2bc ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21d2bc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 82.35% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.29% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.48% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 172.54°, with 72.84% saturation and 47.65% 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 11.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 4.17.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5005

Complementary

  1. #21d2bc
  2. #d22137

Split complementary

  1. #21d2bc
  2. #d22190
  3. #d26321

Analogous

  1. #21d263
  2. #21d2bc
  3. #2190d2

Triadic

  1. #21d2bc
  2. #bc21d2
  3. #d2bc21

Tetradic

  1. #21d2bc
  2. #2137d2
  3. #d22137
  4. #d2bc21

Square

  1. #21d2bc
  2. #6321d2
  3. #d22137
  4. #90d221

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4e46
  2. #179081
  3. #21d2bc
  4. #5ae5d4
  5. #9cf0e5

Shades

#21d2bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21d2bc
  2. #1ebda9
  3. #1aa896
  4. #179384
  5. #147e71
  6. #11695e
  7. #0d544b
  8. #0a3f38
  9. #072a26
  10. #031513
  11. #000000

Tints

#21d2bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21d2bc
  2. #37d7c3
  3. #4ddbc9
  4. #64e0d0
  5. #7ae4d7
  6. #90e9de
  7. #a6ede4
  8. #bcf2eb
  9. #d3f6f2
  10. #e9fbf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21d2bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21d2bc
  2. #2bcab6
  3. #34c2b0
  4. #3eb9aa
  5. #47b1a4
  6. #51a99e
  7. #5aa198
  8. #649992
  9. #6d908c
  10. #778886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96c5bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8c5bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b5be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d6cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0cabc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fc1bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d4c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21d2bc {
  color: #21d2bc;
}
Background
.bg-21d2bc {
  background-color: #21d2bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21d2bc {
  border: 2px solid #21d2bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21d2bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 210 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 73% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21d2bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21d2bc, #2190d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21d2bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 210 188 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.17 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.97 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.47 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.69 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.41 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.08 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.32 #de2d43 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Turquoise
#21d2bc  rgb(33, 210, 188)  hsl(173, 73%, 48%)  Turquoise
#d22137  rgb(210, 33, 55)  hsl(353, 73%, 48%)  Crimson
#bc21d2  rgb(188, 33, 210)  hsl(293, 73%, 48%)  Electric Purple
#d2bc21  rgb(210, 188, 33)  hsl(53, 73%, 48%)  Old Gold