#33A8C8#33A8C8

#33A8C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.110 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#33A8C8
RGBrgb(51, 168, 200)
HSLhsl(193, 59%, 49%)
HSVhsv(193, 75%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(74.5%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.06, -21.39, -25.59)
CIE-LCHlch(64.06, 33.35, 230.10°)
OKLaboklab(68.15% -0.0839 -0.0715)
OKLCHoklch(68.15% 0.11 220.4)
XYZxyz(25.7888, 32.8761, 59.6189)
Luminance0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#33A8C8 #C85333
analogous
#33C89E #33A8C8 #335EC8
triadic
#33A8C8 #C833A8 #A8C833
tetradic
#33A8C8 #9E33C8 #C85333 #5EC833
square
#33A8C8 #9E33C8 #C85333 #5EC833
split-complementary
#33A8C8 #C8335E #C89E33
monochromatic
#1A5666 #277F97 #33A8C8 #61BED7 #92D2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77
#33A8C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58
#33A8C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A8C8
7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##33A8C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##33A8C81.002.777.587.58
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5821.001.001.00
##0000007.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95A4CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8095C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B2B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #33a8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.110 220.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2d8',
    500: '#33a8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #33a8c8;
$custom-light: #80c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#33a8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.886,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68149,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#33A8C8
secondary
#CE9889
accent
#6745E3
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#33A8C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva