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#21DBCA

#21dbca ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21dbca is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 85.88% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 84.93% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.76% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 174.52°, with 73.81% saturation and 49.41% 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 12.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 1.64.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5525

Complementary

  1. #21dbca
  2. #db2132

Split complementary

  1. #21dbca
  2. #db218f
  3. #db6d21

Analogous

  1. #21db6d
  2. #21dbca
  3. #218fdb

Triadic

  1. #21dbca
  2. #ca21db
  3. #dbca21

Tetradic

  1. #21dbca
  2. #2132db
  3. #db2132
  4. #dbca21

Square

  1. #21dbca
  2. #6d21db
  3. #db2132
  4. #8fdb21

Monochromatic

  1. #0d564f
  2. #17998d
  3. #21dbca
  4. #61e7db
  5. #a4f1ea

Shades

#21dbca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21dbca
  2. #1ec5b6
  3. #1aafa2
  4. #17998d
  5. #148379
  6. #116e65
  7. #0d5851
  8. #0a423d
  9. #072c28
  10. #031614
  11. #000000

Tints

#21dbca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21dbca
  2. #37dfcf
  3. #4de2d5
  4. #64e6da
  5. #7ae9df
  6. #90ede5
  7. #a6f1ea
  8. #bcf4ef
  9. #d3f8f4
  10. #e9fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21dbca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21dbca
  2. #2bd2c3
  3. #34c9bb
  4. #3ec0b4
  5. #47b7ac
  6. #51aea5
  7. #5aa49e
  8. #649b96
  9. #6d928f
  10. #778987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9dcec6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfcec9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8bdcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e0d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6d3ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94cacb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ded1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21dbca {
  color: #21dbca;
}
Background
.bg-21dbca {
  background-color: #21dbca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21dbca {
  border: 2px solid #21dbca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21dbca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 219 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 74% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21dbca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21dbca, #218fdb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21dbca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 219 202 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 1.64 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.87 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.86 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.55 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.24 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.88 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.44 #de2435 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#21dbca  rgb(33, 219, 202)  hsl(175, 74%, 49%)  Turquoise
#db2132  rgb(219, 33, 50)  hsl(355, 74%, 49%)  Persian Red
#ca21db  rgb(202, 33, 219)  hsl(295, 74%, 49%)  Electric Purple
#dbca21  rgb(219, 202, 33)  hsl(55, 74%, 49%)  Citrine