#33A4CD#33A4CD

#33A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.115 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A4CD
RGB	rgb(51, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -17.64, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 34.72, 239.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0782 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.115 227)
XYZ	xyz(25.6556, 31.6594, 62.5045)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A4CD #CD5C33

analogous

#33CDA9 #33A4CD #3357CD

triadic

#33A4CD #CD33A4 #A4CD33

tetradic

#33A4CD #A933CD #CD5C33 #57CD33

square

#33A4CD #A933CD #CD5C33 #57CD33

split-complementary

#33A4CD #CD3357 #CDA933

monochromatic

#1A566B #267D9C #33A4CD #64BAD9 #95D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#33A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#33A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A4CD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A4CD	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.115 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdc',
    500: '#33a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a4cd;
$custom-light: #81bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.974,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67412,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.31663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A4CD

secondary

#D09E8B

accent

#6F44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A4CD

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

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