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#21DFD4

#21dfd4 ≈ Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#21dfd4 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 87.45% green and 83.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.2% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.93% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 176.53°, with 74.8% saturation and 50.2% 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 12.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 1.9.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5785

Complementary

  1. #21dfd4
  2. #df212c

Split complementary

  1. #21dfd4
  2. #df218b
  3. #df7521

Analogous

  1. #21df75
  2. #21dfd4
  3. #218bdf

Triadic

  1. #21dfd4
  2. #d421df
  3. #dfd421

Tetradic

  1. #21dfd4
  2. #212cdf
  3. #df212c
  4. #dfd421

Square

  1. #21dfd4
  2. #7521df
  3. #df212c
  4. #8bdf21

Monochromatic

  1. #0d5a56
  2. #179d95
  3. #21dfd4
  4. #64e9e1
  5. #a7f2ee

Shades

#21dfd4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21dfd4
  2. #1ec9bf
  3. #1ab2aa
  4. #179c94
  5. #14867f
  6. #11706a
  7. #0d5955
  8. #0a4340
  9. #072d2a
  10. #031615
  11. #000000

Tints

#21dfd4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21dfd4
  2. #37e2d8
  3. #4de5dd
  4. #64e9e1
  5. #7aece5
  6. #90efea
  7. #a6f2ee
  8. #bcf5f2
  9. #d3f9f6
  10. #e9fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21dfd4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21dfd4
  2. #2bd6cc
  3. #34ccc3
  4. #3ec3bb
  5. #47b9b2
  6. #51b0aa
  7. #5aa6a2
  8. #649d99
  9. #6d9391
  10. #778a88
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0d2cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d2d4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bac1d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5db ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8d8d4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95ced5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e3d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21dfd4 {
  color: #21dfd4;
}
Background
.bg-21dfd4 {
  background-color: #21dfd4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21dfd4 {
  border: 2px solid #21dfd4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21dfd4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 223 212;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 75% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21dfd4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21dfd4, #218bdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21dfd4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 223 212 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 1.90 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.09 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.12 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.72 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.07 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.96 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.87 #de202b Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#21dfd4  rgb(33, 223, 212)  hsl(177, 75%, 50%)  Turquoise
#df212c  rgb(223, 33, 44)  hsl(357, 75%, 50%)  Cadmium Red
#d421df  rgb(212, 33, 223)  hsl(297, 75%, 50%)  Medium Orchid
#dfd421  rgb(223, 212, 33)  hsl(57, 75%, 50%)  Citrine