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#21DCC5

#21dcc5 ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21dcc5 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 86.27% green and 77.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 172.62°, with 73.91% saturation and 49.61% 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 12.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 2.68.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5554

Complementary

  1. #21dcc5
  2. #dc2138

Split complementary

  1. #21dcc5
  2. #dc2196
  3. #dc6821

Analogous

  1. #21dc68
  2. #21dcc5
  3. #2196dc

Triadic

  1. #21dcc5
  2. #c521dc
  3. #dcc521

Tetradic

  1. #21dcc5
  2. #2138dc
  3. #dc2138
  4. #dcc521

Square

  1. #21dcc5
  2. #6821dc
  3. #dc2138
  4. #96dc21

Monochromatic

  1. #0d574e
  2. #179989
  3. #21dcc5
  4. #62e7d7
  5. #a5f1e8

Shades

#21dcc5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21dcc5
  2. #1ec6b1
  3. #1ab09e
  4. #179a8a
  5. #148476
  6. #116e63
  7. #0d584f
  8. #0a423b
  9. #072c27
  10. #031614
  11. #000000

Tints

#21dcc5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21dcc5
  2. #37e0cb
  3. #4de3d1
  4. #64e7d6
  5. #7aeadc
  6. #90eee2
  7. #a6f1e8
  8. #bcf5ee
  9. #d3f8f3
  10. #e9fcf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21dcc5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21dcc5
  2. #2bd3be
  3. #34cab7
  4. #3ec0b0
  5. #47b7a9
  6. #51aea3
  7. #5aa59c
  8. #649c95
  9. #6d928e
  10. #778987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9dcec5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2cec4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbbec7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e0d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8d4c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95cac6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dfcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21dcc5 {
  color: #21dcc5;
}
Background
.bg-21dcc5 {
  background-color: #21dcc5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21dcc5 {
  border: 2px solid #21dcc5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21dcc5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 220 197;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 74% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21dcc5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21dcc5, #2196dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21dcc5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 220 197 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.68 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.15 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.51 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.25 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.14 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.27 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.04 #de233a Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#21dcc5  rgb(33, 220, 197)  hsl(173, 74%, 50%)  Turquoise
#dc2138  rgb(220, 33, 56)  hsl(353, 74%, 50%)  Crimson
#c521dc  rgb(197, 33, 220)  hsl(293, 74%, 50%)  Electric Purple
#dcc521  rgb(220, 197, 33)  hsl(53, 74%, 50%)  Citrine