#33A5CC#33A5CC

#33A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.114 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A5CC
RGB	rgb(51, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -18.51, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 34.36, 237.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% -0.0795 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.114 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7150, 31.9706, 61.9307)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A5CC #CC5A33

analogous

#33CCA6 #33A5CC #3359CC

triadic

#33A5CC #CC33A5 #A5CC33

tetradic

#33A5CC #A633CC #CC5A33 #59CC33

square

#33A5CC #A633CC #CC5A33 #59CC33

split-complementary

#33A5CC #CC3359 #CCA633

monochromatic

#1B566A #277D9B #33A5CC #64BBD8 #95D0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#33A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#33A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A5CC

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A5CC	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.114 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdb',
    500: '#33a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a5cc;
$custom-light: #81bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.294,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67606,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A5CC

secondary

#D09D8B

accent

#6D45E3

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A5CC

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

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