Information about #21DEF6 color

#21DEF6 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#21DEF6 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Full Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(33, 222, 246) — 12.9% red, 87.1% green, 96.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 84 / 9 / 0 / 4. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #21DEF6 reads as a maximally vivid water-like cyan and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Lotion Blue (#15F2FD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are be Supernormal. teal (#27F1E7) and Neon Aqua (#21F8F6).

In RGB terms — rgb(33, 222, 246) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #21DEF6: 12.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #21DEF6 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#21DEF6 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#21DEF6 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #21DEF6

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#21DEF6
  • RGB33, 222, 246
  • CMYK84, 9, 0, 4
  • CSSrgb(33, 222, 246)
  • HSL187°, 92%, 55%
  • HSL Precise186.761°, 92.208%, 54.706%
  • HSV187°, 87%, 96%
  • HSB187°, 87%, 96%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.129
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.871
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.965
  • GLSLvec3(0.129, 0.871, 0.965)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.129, 0.871, 0.965, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.129, 0.871, 0.965)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB12.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB87.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB96.5%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID21DEF6
  • DECIMAL ID2219766
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01