#33A5CD#33A5CD

#33A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.114 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A5CD
RGB	rgb(51, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -18.17, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 34.60, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0792 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.114 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8353, 32.0188, 62.5644)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A5CD #CD5B33

analogous

#33CDA8 #33A5CD #3358CD

triadic

#33A5CD #CD33A5 #A5CD33

tetradic

#33A5CD #A833CD #CD5B33 #58CD33

square

#33A5CD #A833CD #CD5B33 #58CD33

split-complementary

#33A5CD #CD3358 #CDA833

monochromatic

#1A566B #267E9C #33A5CD #64BBD9 #95D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#33A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#33A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A5CD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A5CD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.114 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdc',
    500: '#33a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a5cd;
$custom-light: #81bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67651,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A5CD

secondary

#D09D8B

accent

#6E44E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A5CD

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

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