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#21E2ED

#21e2ed ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#21e2ed is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 88.63% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.08% cyan, 4.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 183.24°, with 85% saturation and 52.94% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 5.55.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6083

Complementary

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #ed2c21

Split complementary

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #ed217c
  3. #ed9221

Analogous

  1. #21ed92
  2. #21e2ed
  3. #217ced

Triadic

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #ed21e2
  3. #e2ed21

Tetradic

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #2c21ed
  3. #ed2c21
  4. #e2ed21

Square

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #9221ed
  3. #ed2c21
  4. #7ced21

Monochromatic

  1. #09676c
  2. #0faab3
  3. #21e2ed
  4. #68ebf3
  5. #aff4f8

Shades

#21e2ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #1ecbd5
  3. #1ab5be
  4. #179ea6
  5. #14888e
  6. #117177
  7. #0d5a5f
  8. #0a4447
  9. #072d2f
  10. #031718
  11. #000000

Tints

#21e2ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #37e5ef
  3. #4de8f1
  4. #64ebf2
  5. #7aeef4
  6. #90f1f6
  7. #a6f3f8
  8. #bcf6fa
  9. #d3f9fb
  10. #e9fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21e2ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21e2ed
  2. #2bd8e2
  3. #34ced7
  4. #3ec5cc
  5. #47bbc1
  6. #51b1b7
  7. #5aa7ac
  8. #649da1
  9. #6d9496
  10. #778a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4d6da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0d8ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c5ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ebe5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a6dcee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92d1ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e8e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21e2ed {
  color: #21e2ed;
}
Background
.bg-21e2ed {
  background-color: #21e2ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21e2ed {
  border: 2px solid #21e2ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21e2ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 226 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 85% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21e2ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21e2ed, #217ced);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21e2ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 226 237 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.55 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.55 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.56 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.65 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.10 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.19 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.19 #de1d12 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#21e2ed  rgb(33, 226, 237)  hsl(183, 85%, 53%)  Dark Turquoise
#ed2c21  rgb(237, 44, 33)  hsl(3, 85%, 53%)  Lust
#ed21e2  rgb(237, 33, 226)  hsl(303, 85%, 53%)  Fuchsia
#e2ed21  rgb(226, 237, 33)  hsl(63, 85%, 53%)  Pear