All About Color #21C8DE

#21C8DE

About #21C8DE

#21C8DE is a medium cyan color with the hex code #21C8DE. In RGB it is red 33, green 200, blue 222; in HSL it is hue 187°, saturation 74%, lightness 50%; in CMYK it is 85%, 10%, 0%, 13%. Its contrast ratio is 2.02:1 on white and 10.38:1 on black.

#21C8DE Color Conversion

Hex triplet21, C8, DE
CMYK85.14%, 9.91%, 0.00%, 12.94%
RGB Decimal33, 200, 222
HSL187°, 74%, 50%
RGB Octal41, 310, 336
HSV (HSB)186.98°, 85.14%, 87.06%
RGB Binary100001, 11001000, 11011110
CIE-L*AB74.13, -31.94, -22.28
RGB Percent12.94%, 78.43%, 87.06%
CIE-L*CH74.13, 38.94, 214.90
XYZ34.47, 46.91, 76.34
CIE-L*UV74.13, -53.27, -30.65
xyY0.22, 0.30, 46.91
Hunter-Lab68.49, -30.02, -18.15
RYB12.94%, 47.71%, 87.06%

Color Accessibility Scores

#21C8DE on a dark background: contrast 10.38:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#21C8DE on a light background: contrast 2.02:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #21C8DE, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#21C8DE · #71DCEA · #15808E · #DE3721 · #EA7F71

Analogous palette

#21DE37 · #21DE96 · #21C8DE · #2169DE · #3721DE

Triadic palette

#21C8DE · #DE21C8 · #C8DE21 · #71DCEA · #EA71DC

Tetradic palette

#21C8DE · #9621DE · #DE3721 · #69DE21 · #15808E

Monochromatic palette

#0D5059 · #178C9B · #21C8DE · #64D8E8 · #A6E9F2

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