#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
RGBrgb(51, 160, 205)
HSLhsl(198, 61%, 50%)
HSVhsv(198, 75%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(75.1%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(61.87, -15.49, -31.75)
CIE-LCHlch(61.87, 35.33, 243.99°)
OKLaboklab(66.46% -0.0744 -0.0892)
OKLCHoklch(66.46% 0.116 230.2)
XYZxyz(24.9510, 30.2502, 62.2696)
Luminance0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##33A0CD1.002.987.057.05
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0521.001.001.00
##0000007.0521.001.001.00

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

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#33A0CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva