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#21DECA

#21deca ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21deca 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 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.01% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 173.65°, 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 12.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 1.73.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5683

Complementary

  1. #21deca
  2. #de2135

Split complementary

  1. #21deca
  2. #de2194
  3. #de6b21

Analogous

  1. #21de6b
  2. #21deca
  3. #2194de

Triadic

  1. #21deca
  2. #ca21de
  3. #deca21

Tetradic

  1. #21deca
  2. #2135de
  3. #de2135
  4. #deca21

Square

  1. #21deca
  2. #6b21de
  3. #de2135
  4. #94de21

Monochromatic

  1. #0d5951
  2. #179b8d
  3. #21deca
  4. #64e8da
  5. #a6f2ea

Shades

#21deca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21deca
  2. #1ec8b6
  3. #1ab2a2
  4. #179b8d
  5. #148579
  6. #116f65
  7. #0d5951
  8. #0a433d
  9. #072c28
  10. #031614
  11. #000000

Tints

#21deca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21deca
  2. #37e1cf
  3. #4de5d5
  4. #64e8da
  5. #7aebdf
  6. #90efe5
  7. #a6f2ea
  8. #bcf5ef
  9. #d3f8f4
  10. #e9fcfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21deca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21deca
  2. #2bd5c3
  3. #34cbbb
  4. #3ec2b4
  5. #47b8ac
  6. #51afa5
  7. #5aa69e
  8. #649c96
  9. #6d938f
  10. #778987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c7c7c7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fd0c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d3d1c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbbfcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9d6ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96cccb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e1d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21deca {
  color: #21deca;
}
Background
.bg-21deca {
  background-color: #21deca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21deca {
  border: 2px solid #21deca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21deca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 222 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 174 74% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21deca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21deca, #2194de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21deca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 222 202 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 1.73 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.07 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.90 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.39 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.67 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.12 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.34 #de2135 Inverted #c7c7c7 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#21deca  rgb(33, 222, 202)  hsl(174, 74%, 50%)  Turquoise
#de2135  rgb(222, 33, 53)  hsl(354, 74%, 50%)  Crimson
#ca21de  rgb(202, 33, 222)  hsl(294, 74%, 50%)  Electric Purple
#deca21  rgb(222, 202, 33)  hsl(54, 74%, 50%)  Citrine