#33A8CC#33A8CC

#33A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.113 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#33A8CC
RGBrgb(51, 168, 204)
HSLhsl(194, 60%, 50%)
HSVhsv(194, 75%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(64.21, -20.09, -27.57)
CIE-LCHlch(64.21, 34.11, 233.93°)
OKLaboklab(68.32% -0.0824 -0.0772)
OKLCHoklch(68.32% 0.113 223.1)
XYZxyz(26.2624, 33.0656, 62.1132)
Luminance0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#33A8CC #CC5733
analogous
#33CCA4 #33A8CC #335BCC
triadic
#33A8CC #CC33A8 #A8CC33
tetradic
#33A8CC #A433CC #CC5733 #5BCC33
square
#33A8CC #A433CC #CC5733 #5BCC33
split-complementary
#33A8CC #CC335B #CCA433
monochromatic
#1B576A #27809B #33A8CC #64BDD8 #95D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76
#33A8CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61
#33A8CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A8CC
7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##33A8CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##33A8CC1.002.767.617.61
#FFFFFF2.761.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6121.001.001.00
##0000007.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93A4CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F95CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B3B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #33a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.113 223.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2db',
    500: '#33a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #33a8cc;
$custom-light: #81c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#33a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68323,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#33A8CC
secondary
#D09B8B
accent
#6A45E3
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A8CC

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#33A8CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva