#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
RGB	rgb(51, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -20.61, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 34.06, 232.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0834 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.113 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4478, 33.4362, 62.1750)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##33A9CC	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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