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#21F5CC

#21f5cc ≈ Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#21f5cc is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 96.08% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 16.73% yellow and 3.92% black. Its hue angle is 168.4°, with 91.38% saturation and 54.51% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aquamarine (#7fffd4), ΔE 5.23.

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Web safe#33ffcc
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Relative luminance0.6999

Complementary

  1. #21f5cc
  2. #f5214a

Split complementary

  1. #21f5cc
  2. #f521b4
  3. #f56221

Analogous

  1. #21f562
  2. #21f5cc
  3. #21b4f5

Triadic

  1. #21f5cc
  2. #cc21f5
  3. #f5cc21

Tetradic

  1. #21f5cc
  2. #214af5
  3. #f5214a
  4. #f5cc21

Square

  1. #21f5cc
  2. #6221f5
  3. #f5214a
  4. #b4f521

Monochromatic

  1. #057862
  2. #09c19d
  3. #21f5cc
  4. #6af8dd
  5. #b3fcee

Shades

#21f5cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21f5cc
  2. #1eddb8
  3. #1ac4a3
  4. #17ac8f
  5. #14937a
  6. #117b66
  7. #0d6252
  8. #0a4a3d
  9. #073129
  10. #031914
  11. #000000

Tints

#21f5cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21f5cc
  2. #37f6d1
  3. #4df7d6
  4. #64f8db
  5. #7af9e0
  6. #90fae6
  7. #a6fbeb
  8. #bcfcf0
  9. #d3fdf5
  10. #e9fefa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21f5cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21f5cc
  2. #2be9c4
  3. #34debd
  4. #3ed2b5
  5. #47c6ae
  6. #51bba6
  7. #5aaf9e
  8. #64a397
  9. #6d978f
  10. #778c88
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afe5d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ece4ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3d2cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f8e9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdebcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9e1ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f7de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21f5cc {
  color: #21f5cc;
}
Background
.bg-21f5cc {
  background-color: #21f5cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21f5cc {
  border: 2px solid #21f5cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21f5cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 245 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 91% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21f5cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21f5cc, #21b4f5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21f5cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 245 204 / 0.35);
}

#7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 5.23 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.59 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.96 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.12 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.90 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 10.29 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 10.37 #de0a33 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Aquamarine
#21f5cc  rgb(33, 245, 204)  hsl(168, 91%, 55%)  Aquamarine
#f5214a  rgb(245, 33, 74)  hsl(348, 91%, 55%)  Folly
#cc21f5  rgb(204, 33, 245)  hsl(288, 91%, 55%)  Electric Purple
#f5cc21  rgb(245, 204, 33)  hsl(48, 91%, 55%)  Jonquil