#33A5CE#33A5CE

#33A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A5CE
RGB	rgb(51, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -17.84, -29.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 34.85, 239.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0788 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.115 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9564, 32.0672, 63.2021)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A5CE #CE5C33

analogous

#33CEA9 #33A5CE #3357CE

triadic

#33A5CE #CE33A5 #A5CE33

tetradic

#33A5CE #A933CE #CE5C33 #57CE33

square

#33A5CE #A933CE #CE5C33 #57CE33

split-complementary

#33A5CE #CE3357 #CEA933

monochromatic

#1A576D #267E9E #33A5CE #64BBDA #96D1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#33A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#33A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A5CE

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A5CE	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfdd',
    500: '#33a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a5ce;
$custom-light: #81bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67696,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A5CE

secondary

#D19E8C

accent

#6E43E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A5CE

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

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