#33A5BC#33A5BC

#33A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.104 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A5BC
RGB	rgb(51, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -23.71, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 31.65, 221.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0857 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.104 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8936, 31.2421, 52.3383)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A5BC #BC4A33

analogous

#33BC8F #33A5BC #3361BC

triadic

#33A5BC #BC33A5 #A5BC33

tetradic

#33A5BC #8F33BC #BC4A33 #61BC33

square

#33A5BC #8F33BC #BC4A33 #61BC33

split-complementary

#33A5BC #BC3361 #BC8F33

monochromatic

#19505C #267B8C #33A5BC #5ABED2 #8AD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#33A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#33A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A5BC

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A5BC	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.104 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec0d0',
    500: '#33a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a5bc;
$custom-light: #7ec0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.073,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66917,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A5BC

secondary

#C98E81

accent

#6147E1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A5BC

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

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