#33A596#33A596

#33A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.103 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A596
RGB	rgb(51, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -35.04, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 35.07, 182.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.1024 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.103 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3228, 29.8138, 33.5318)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A596 #A53342

analogous

#33A55D #33A596 #337BA5

triadic

#33A596 #9633A5 #A59633

tetradic

#33A596 #5D33A5 #A53342 #7BA533

square

#33A596 #5D33A5 #A53342 #7BA533

split-complementary

#33A596 #A5337B #A55D33

monochromatic

#164841 #25766B #33A596 #4DC8B8 #7CD6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#33A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#33A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #33A596

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A596	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9B95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.103 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0b4',
    500: '#33a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a596;
$custom-light: #7bc0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65526,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A596

secondary

#BF757E

accent

#4C5FDC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A596

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

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