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#21CA97 — Teal

#21CA97 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 #21CA97 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.

#21CA97 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 #CA2154; it also sits naturally between #21CA43 and #21A8CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#21CA97 · RGB 33, 202, 151

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Color values

HEX#21CA97
RGB33, 202, 151
HSL162°, 72%, 46%
HSV162°, 84%, 79%
CMYK84%, 0%, 25%, 21%
XYZ27.33, 44.80, 36.48
Yxy44.80, 0.2517, 0.4124
CIE-Lab72.76, -52.55, 14.12
Hunter Lab66.93, -41.31, 11.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 13% · Green 79% · Blue 59%

Cyan 84% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 25% · Key 21%

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

Previews

Sample text in #21CA97 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #21CA97 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #21CA97

.text { color: #21CA97; }
.background { background-color: #21CA97; }
.border { border: 3px solid #21CA97; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(33, 202, 151); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(162, 72%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #21CA97; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(33, 202, 151, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #21CA97; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(33, 202, 151, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#21CA97">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#21CA97">Div content here</div>

Shades of #21CA97

#1EB88A#1BA77D#18916C#157F5F#126E52#0F5C45#0C4B38#093527#06231A#03120D

Tints of #21CA97

#28DCA6#3EE0AF#54E3B8#6AE7C1#80EACA#96EED3#ACF1DD#C2F5E6#D8F9EF#EDFCF8

Tones of #21CA97

#2DBE92#39B18D#45A589#519A84#5D8E7F#6A817A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CA2154:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.11:1 Fails
Against black text9.96:1 AAA

Best text color on #21CA97: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #21CA97

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 #21CA97: ·

How #21CA97 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6A6CA3Deuteranopia · #6054A6Tritanopia · #29ADAF

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 emerald 500 · #10B981Tailwind green 500 · #22C55E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #21CA97 rather than the exact color:

Lucky Ruby Cinder
#C1971D · #1EC79C · #BD4DE4 · #EADAB0
Palette Ffdd83
#FFDD83 · #E3F8FF · #28CC9E · #A6ED8E
Misty Ruby Cascade
#691698 · #DB9720 · #1FCF8E · #DCC1EF
Wild Ruby Canyon
#AF244C · #E47A80 · #27C195 · #9CE3CE
Hidden Petal
#1E8136 · #2CCC95 · #1C818A · #1F4A76
Golden Ruby Saffron
#BE2254 · #E672B3 · #26D49C · #C2EFE7

Similar colors

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

#1EC79C#28CC9E#1FCF8E#27C195#2CCC95#26D49C#24C28E#2DCC9D#29D59D#2DC39E#13CF9C#22CFA6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #21CA96  ·  #21CA98 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #21CA97?

#21CA97 is Teal, a teal color (RGB 33, 202, 151). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #21CA97?

#21CA97 is RGB 33, 202, 151 — HSL 162°, 72%, 46% — CMYK 84%, 0%, 25%, 21%.

What colors go with #21CA97?

Its complement is #CA2154; analogous partners are #21CA43 and #21A8CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #21CA97 for text?

Black text on #21CA97 has a contrast ratio of 9.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.11:1.