#33A3CD#33A3CD

#33A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A3CD
RGB	rgb(51, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -17.11, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 34.86, 240.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0772 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.115 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4774, 31.3029, 62.4451)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A3CD #CD5D33

analogous

#33CDAA #33A3CD #3356CD

triadic

#33A3CD #CD33A3 #A3CD33

tetradic

#33A3CD #AA33CD #CD5D33 #56CD33

square

#33A3CD #AA33CD #CD5D33 #56CD33

split-complementary

#33A3CD #CD3356 #CDAA33

monochromatic

#1A556B #267C9C #33A3CD #64B9D9 #95CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#33A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#33A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A3CD

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A3CD	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bedc',
    500: '#33a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a3cd;
$custom-light: #81bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67174,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A3CD

secondary

#D09E8B

accent

#7044E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A3CD

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

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