#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
RGB	rgb(51, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -20.09, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 34.11, 233.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0824 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.113 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2624, 33.0656, 62.1132)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##33A8CC	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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