#33A4C9#33A4C9

#33A4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.112 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A4C9
RGB	rgb(51, 164, 201)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -18.97, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 33.76, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0797 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.112 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1790, 31.4688, 59.9941)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A4C9 #C95833

analogous

#33C9A3 #33A4C9 #3359C9

triadic

#33A4C9 #C933A4 #A4C933

tetradic

#33A4C9 #A333C9 #C95833 #59C933

square

#33A4C9 #A333C9 #C95833 #59C933

split-complementary

#33A4C9 #C93359 #C9A333

monochromatic

#1A5467 #277C98 #33A4C9 #62BAD7 #93D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#33A4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#33A4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A4C9

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A4C9	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 164, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.112 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd9',
    500: '#33a4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a4c9;
$custom-light: #80bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67232,
    "c": 0.11167,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A4C9

secondary

#CF9A89

accent

#6C45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A4C9

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

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