#33A9B4#33A9B4

#33A9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.102 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A9B4
RGB	rgb(51, 169, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -28.22, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 31.99, 208.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0931 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.102 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7878, 32.3722, 48.1659)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A9B4 #B43E33

analogous

#33B47E #33A9B4 #3369B4

triadic

#33A9B4 #B433A9 #A9B433

tetradic

#33A9B4 #7E33B4 #B43E33 #69B433

square

#33A9B4 #7E33B4 #B43E33 #69B433

split-complementary

#33A9B4 #B43369 #B47E33

monochromatic

#184F55 #257C84 #33A9B4 #55C5CF #85D5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#33A9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#33A9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A9B4

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A9B4	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 169, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.102 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec3ca',
    500: '#33a9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a9b4;
$custom-light: #7ec3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.116,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67581,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A9B4

secondary

#C6837D

accent

#5549DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A9B4

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

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