#33A5C8#33A5C8

#33A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.111 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A5C8
RGB	rgb(51, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -19.83, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 33.47, 233.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% -0.081 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.111 223)
XYZ	xyz(25.2414, 31.7812, 59.4365)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A5C8 #C85633

analogous

#33C8A1 #33A5C8 #335BC8

triadic

#33A5C8 #C833A5 #A5C833

tetradic

#33A5C8 #A133C8 #C85633 #5BC833

square

#33A5C8 #A133C8 #C85633 #5BC833

split-complementary

#33A5C8 #C8335B #C8A133

monochromatic

#1A5566 #277D97 #33A5C8 #61BBD7 #92D0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#33A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#33A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A5C8

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A5C8	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.111 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd8',
    500: '#33a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a5c8;
$custom-light: #80bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.094,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67428,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.31784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A5C8

secondary

#CE9989

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A5C8

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

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