#33A5BD#33A5BD

#33A5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.104 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A5BD
RGB	rgb(51, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -23.39, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 31.75, 222.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0853 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.104 215)
XYZ	xyz(24.0018, 31.2854, 52.9079)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#33A5BD #BD4B33

analogous

#33BD90 #33A5BD #3360BD

triadic

#33A5BD #BD33A5 #A5BD33

tetradic

#33A5BD #9033BD #BD4B33 #60BD33

square

#33A5BD #9033BD #BD4B33 #60BD33

split-complementary

#33A5BD #BD3360 #BD9033

monochromatic

#19515D #267B8D #33A5BD #5BBED3 #8BD1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#33A5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#33A5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A5BD

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A5BD	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.104 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0d1',
    500: '#33a5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a5bd;
$custom-light: #7fc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66958,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.31288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A5BD

secondary

#CA8F82

accent

#6247E1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A5BD

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

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