#33A9CC#33A9CC

#33A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.113 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#33A9CC
RGBrgb(51, 169, 204)
HSLhsl(194, 60%, 50%)
HSVhsv(194, 75%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(64.51, -20.61, -27.11)
CIE-LCHlch(64.51, 34.06, 232.76°)
OKLaboklab(68.56% -0.0834 -0.0759)
OKLCHoklch(68.56% 0.113 222.3)
XYZxyz(26.4478, 33.4362, 62.1750)
Luminance0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#33A9CC #CC5633
analogous
#33CCA2 #33A9CC #335DCC
triadic
#33A9CC #CC33A9 #A9CC33
tetradic
#33A9CC #A233CC #CC5633 #5DCC33
square
#33A9CC #A233CC #CC5633 #5DCC33
split-complementary
#33A9CC #CC335D #CCA233
monochromatic
#1B586A #27809B #33A9CC #64BED8 #95D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73
#33A9CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69
#33A9CC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A9CC
7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##33A9CC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##33A9CC1.002.737.697.69
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6921.001.001.00
##0000007.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#95A5CE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8096CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #33a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.113 222.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2db',
    500: '#33a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #33a9cc;
$custom-light: #81c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#33a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.725,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68563,
    "c": 0.11275,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#33A9CC
secondary
#D09B8B
accent
#6945E3
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A9CC

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#33A9CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva