#33A2C9#33A2C9

#33A2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.112 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A2C9
RGB	rgb(51, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -17.91, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 33.96, 238.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0777 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.112 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8239, 30.7586, 59.8757)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A2C9 #C95A33

analogous

#33C9A5 #33A2C9 #3357C9

triadic

#33A2C9 #C933A2 #A2C933

tetradic

#33A2C9 #A533C9 #C95A33 #57C933

square

#33A2C9 #A533C9 #C95A33 #57C933

split-complementary

#33A2C9 #C93357 #C9A533

monochromatic

#1A5367 #277B98 #33A2C9 #62B9D7 #93CFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#33A2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#33A2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A2C9

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A2C9	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.112 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdd9',
    500: '#33a2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a2c9;
$custom-light: #80bdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66753,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A2C9

secondary

#CF9B89

accent

#6E45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A2C9

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

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