#33979E#33979E

#33979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.090 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33979E
RGB	rgb(51, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -25.96, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 28.64, 205.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.084 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.09 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6007, 25.3036, 36.2449)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33979E #9E3A33

analogous

#339E6F #33979E #33619E

triadic

#33979E #9E3397 #979E33

tetradic

#33979E #6F339E #9E3A33 #619E33

square

#33979E #6F339E #9E3A33 #619E33

split-complementary

#33979E #9E3361 #9E6F33

monochromatic

#153F41 #246B70 #33979E #4ABCC4 #78CDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#33979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#33979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #33979E

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33979E	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.090 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab6ba',
    500: '#33979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33979e;
$custom-light: #7ab6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.925,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62262,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33979E

secondary

#BC7671

accent

#564DDB

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #33979E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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