#33A0C9#33A0C9

#33A0C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.113 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A0C9
RGB	rgb(51, 160, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 20.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, -16.84, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 34.21, 240.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0758 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.113 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4744, 30.0596, 59.7592)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A0C9 #C95C33

analogous

#33C9A7 #33A0C9 #3355C9

triadic

#33A0C9 #C933A0 #A0C933

tetradic

#33A0C9 #A733C9 #C95C33 #55C933

square

#33A0C9 #A733C9 #C95C33 #55C933

split-complementary

#33A0C9 #C93355 #C9A733

monochromatic

#1A5267 #277998 #33A0C9 #62B7D7 #93CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#33A0C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#33A0C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A0C9

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A0C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A0C9	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a0c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 160, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.113 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bcd9',
    500: '#33a0c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a0c9;
$custom-light: #80bcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a0c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66275,
    "c": 0.11282,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A0C9

secondary

#CF9C89

accent

#7045E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A0C9

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

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