#33A3CE#33A3CE

#33A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.116 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A3CE
RGB	rgb(51, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(197, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -16.77, -30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 35.13, 241.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0769 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.116 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5985, 31.3514, 63.0828)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A3CE #CE5E33

analogous

#33CEAB #33A3CE #3355CE

triadic

#33A3CE #CE33A3 #A3CE33

tetradic

#33A3CE #AB33CE #CE5E33 #55CE33

square

#33A3CE #AB33CE #CE5E33 #55CE33

split-complementary

#33A3CE #CE3355 #CEAB33

monochromatic

#1A566D #267D9E #33A3CE #64B9DA #96D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#33A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#33A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A3CE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A3CE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.116 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bedd',
    500: '#33a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a3ce;
$custom-light: #81bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.645,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6722,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A3CE

secondary

#D19F8C

accent

#7043E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A3CE

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

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