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#21DCDA

#21dcda ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21dcda is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 86.27% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 179.36°, with 73.91% saturation and 49.61% 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 12.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.11.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5657

Complementary

  1. #21dcda
  2. #dc2123

Split complementary

  1. #21dcda
  2. #dc2181
  3. #dc7d21

Analogous

  1. #21dc7d
  2. #21dcda
  3. #2181dc

Triadic

  1. #21dcda
  2. #da21dc
  3. #dcda21

Tetradic

  1. #21dcda
  2. #2123dc
  3. #dc2123
  4. #dcda21

Square

  1. #21dcda
  2. #7d21dc
  3. #dc2123
  4. #81dc21

Monochromatic

  1. #0d5756
  2. #179998
  3. #21dcda
  4. #62e7e6
  5. #a5f1f1

Shades

#21dcda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21dcda
  2. #1ec6c4
  3. #1ab0ae
  4. #179a99
  5. #148483
  6. #116e6d
  7. #0d5857
  8. #0a4241
  9. #072c2c
  10. #031616
  11. #000000

Tints

#21dcda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21dcda
  2. #37e0de
  3. #4de3e1
  4. #64e7e5
  5. #7aeae9
  6. #90eeed
  7. #a6f1f0
  8. #bcf5f4
  9. #d3f8f8
  10. #e9fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21dcda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21dcda
  2. #2bd3d1
  3. #34cac8
  4. #3ec0bf
  5. #47b7b6
  6. #51aead
  7. #5aa5a4
  8. #649c9b
  9. #6d9292
  10. #778989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fcfce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdd0da ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5bfdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4d5da ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91cbdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21dcda {
  color: #21dcda;
}
Background
.bg-21dcda {
  background-color: #21dcda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21dcda {
  border: 2px solid #21dcda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21dcda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 220 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 74% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21dcda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21dcda, #2181dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21dcda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 220 218 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.11 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.73 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.73 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 3.93 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.72 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.61 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.61 #de2325 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#21dcda  rgb(33, 220, 218)  hsl(179, 74%, 50%)  Medium Turquoise
#dc2123  rgb(220, 33, 35)  hsl(359, 74%, 50%)  Cadmium Red
#da21dc  rgb(218, 33, 220)  hsl(299, 74%, 50%)  Medium Orchid
#dcda21  rgb(220, 218, 33)  hsl(59, 74%, 50%)  Dandelion