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#21DEC5

#21dec5 ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21dec5 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 87.06% green and 77.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.26% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 172.06°, with 74.12% saturation and 50% 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 12.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 3.04.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.566

Complementary

  1. #21dec5
  2. #de213a

Split complementary

  1. #21dec5
  2. #de2199
  3. #de6621

Analogous

  1. #21de66
  2. #21dec5
  3. #2199de

Triadic

  1. #21dec5
  2. #c521de
  3. #dec521

Tetradic

  1. #21dec5
  2. #213ade
  3. #de213a
  4. #dec521

Square

  1. #21dec5
  2. #6621de
  3. #de213a
  4. #99de21

Monochromatic

  1. #0d594f
  2. #179b8a
  3. #21dec5
  4. #64e8d6
  5. #a6f2e8

Shades

#21dec5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21dec5
  2. #1ec8b1
  3. #1ab29e
  4. #179b8a
  5. #148576
  6. #116f63
  7. #0d594f
  8. #0a433b
  9. #072c27
  10. #031614
  11. #000000

Tints

#21dec5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21dec5
  2. #37e1cb
  3. #4de5d1
  4. #64e8d6
  5. #7aebdc
  6. #90efe2
  7. #a6f2e8
  8. #bcf5ee
  9. #d3f8f3
  10. #e9fcf9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21dec5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21dec5
  2. #2bd5be
  3. #34cbb7
  4. #3ec2b0
  5. #47b8a9
  6. #51afa3
  7. #5aa69c
  8. #649c95
  9. #6d938e
  10. #778987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fd0c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4d0c4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bdbfc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e2d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aad6c4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97ccc6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21dec5 {
  color: #21dec5;
}
Background
.bg-21dec5 {
  background-color: #21dec5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21dec5 {
  border: 2px solid #21dec5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21dec5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 222 197;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 74% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21dec5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21dec5, #2199de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21dec5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 222 197 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.04 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.42 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.16 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.18 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.95 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.83 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.98 #de213a Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#21dec5  rgb(33, 222, 197)  hsl(172, 74%, 50%)  Turquoise
#de213a  rgb(222, 33, 58)  hsl(352, 74%, 50%)  Crimson
#c521de  rgb(197, 33, 222)  hsl(292, 74%, 50%)  Electric Purple
#dec521  rgb(222, 197, 33)  hsl(52, 74%, 50%)  Citrine