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#21BEBB — Teal

#21BEBB is a teal color we call Teal, closest to the named color LightSeaGreen (#20B2AA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightseagreen (#20B2AA) — not an exact match. CSS lightseagreen gives you #20B2AA, a different color; use #21BEBB when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#21BEBB is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BF2224; it also sits naturally between #22BF6E and #2273BF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#21BEBB · RGB 33, 190, 187

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Color values

HEX#21BEBB
RGB33, 190, 187
HSL179°, 70%, 44%
HSV179°, 83%, 75%
CMYK83%, 0%, 2%, 25%
XYZ28.01, 40.74, 53.40
Yxy40.74, 0.2293, 0.3335
CIE-Lab69.99, -37.92, -9.46
Hunter Lab63.83, -30.43, -8.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 13% · Green 75% · Blue 73%

Cyan 83% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #21BEBB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #21BEBB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #21BEBB

.text { color: #21BEBB; }
.background { background-color: #21BEBB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #21BEBB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(33, 190, 187); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(179, 70%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #21BEBB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(33, 190, 187, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #21BEBB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(33, 190, 187, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#21BEBB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#21BEBB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #21BEBB

#1FADAB#1C9C9A#188B89#157978#126867#0F5756#0C4544#093433#062322#031111

Tints of #21BEBB

#25D4D1#38DCD9#52E0DE#67E4E2#7DE8E6#93ECEA#A8F0EF#C2F4F3#D8F8F8#EEFCFC

Tones of #21BEBB

#2DB4B1#38A8A6#439D9C#4F9291#5A8786#657B7B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BF2224:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.30:1 Fails
Against black text9.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #21BEBB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #21BEBB

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #21BEBB: ·

How #21BEBB looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #6566BCDeuteranopia · #5C50BCTritanopia · #29BCBC

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4Material Cyan 500 · #00BCD4

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #21BEBB rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Drift
#2DE756 · #6EE7B7 · #23BEBE · #54B1EB
Palette 22213d
#22213D · #4E3188 · #24BABC · #EAEF9B
Rustic Whisper
#73E8E8 · #46DDDD · #27B9B9 · #135353
Modern Ruby Meadow
#5AE26E · #42E69E · #1ABAB8 · #57A5D9
Smoky Ruby Mirage
#827E19 · #24B9B4 · #D131D7 · #E8ECC4
Tranquil Saffron
#083156 · #1DC0C4 · #7490D4 · #96CAF3

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#23BEBE#24BABC#27B9B9#1ABAB8#24B9B4#1DC0C4#1DB6B6#25BEC6#28C7C1#1EBBC8#1FCAC2#25B6AF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #21BEBA  ·  #21BEBC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #21BEBB?

#21BEBB is Teal, a teal color (RGB 33, 190, 187). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #21BEBB?

#21BEBB is RGB 33, 190, 187 — HSL 179°, 70%, 44% — CMYK 83%, 0%, 2%, 25%.

What colors go with #21BEBB?

Its complement is #BF2224; analogous partners are #22BF6E and #2273BF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #21BEBB for text?

Black text on #21BEBB has a contrast ratio of 9.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.30:1.