#33A4CE#33A4CE

#33A4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A4CE
RGB	rgb(51, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -17.31, -30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 34.98, 240.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0778 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.116 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7767, 31.7079, 63.1423)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A4CE #CE5D33

analogous

#33CEAA #33A4CE #3356CE

triadic

#33A4CE #CE33A4 #A4CE33

tetradic

#33A4CE #AA33CE #CE5D33 #56CE33

square

#33A4CE #AA33CE #CE5D33 #56CE33

split-complementary

#33A4CE #CE3356 #CEAA33

monochromatic

#1A566D #267D9E #33A4CE #64BADA #96D0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#33A4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#33A4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A4CE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A4CE	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdd',
    500: '#33a4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a4ce;
$custom-light: #81bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.258,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67458,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A4CE

secondary

#D19F8C

accent

#6F43E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A4CE

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

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