#33A5C9#33A5C9

#33A5C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.111 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A5C9
RGB	rgb(51, 165, 201)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -19.50, -27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 33.68, 234.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0806 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.111 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3586, 31.8281, 60.0540)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A5C9 #C95733

analogous

#33C9A2 #33A5C9 #335AC9

triadic

#33A5C9 #C933A5 #A5C933

tetradic

#33A5C9 #A233C9 #C95733 #5AC933

square

#33A5C9 #A233C9 #C95733 #5AC933

split-complementary

#33A5C9 #C9335A #C9A233

monochromatic

#1A5567 #277D98 #33A5C9 #62BBD7 #93D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#33A5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#33A5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A5C9

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A5C9	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 165, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.111 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfd9',
    500: '#33a5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a5c9;
$custom-light: #80bfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67472,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A5C9

secondary

#CF9A89

accent

#6B45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A5C9

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

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