#33A0CD#33A0CD

#33A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.116 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A0CD
RGB	rgb(51, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -15.49, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 35.33, 243.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0744 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.116 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9510, 30.2502, 62.2696)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A0CD #CD6033

analogous

#33CDAD #33A0CD #3353CD

triadic

#33A0CD #CD33A0 #A0CD33

tetradic

#33A0CD #AD33CD #CD6033 #53CD33

square

#33A0CD #AD33CD #CD6033 #53CD33

split-complementary

#33A0CD #CD3353 #CDAD33

monochromatic

#1A546B #267A9C #33A0CD #64B7D9 #95CEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#33A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#33A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A0CD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A0CD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.116 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bcdc',
    500: '#33a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a0cd;
$custom-light: #80bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.532,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6646,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A0CD

secondary

#D0A08B

accent

#7344E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A0CD

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

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