#33A9CD#33A9CD

#33A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.113 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33A9CD
RGB	rgb(51, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -20.28, -27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 34.26, 233.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% -0.083 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.113 223)
XYZ	xyz(26.5681, 33.4843, 62.8087)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33A9CD #CD5733

analogous

#33CDA4 #33A9CD #335CCD

triadic

#33A9CD #CD33A9 #A9CD33

tetradic

#33A9CD #A433CD #CD5733 #5CCD33

square

#33A9CD #A433CD #CD5733 #5CCD33

split-complementary

#33A9CD #CD335C #CDA433

monochromatic

#1A586B #26819C #33A9CD #64BED9 #95D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#33A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#33A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33A9CD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33A9CD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.113 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2dc',
    500: '#33a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33a9cd;
$custom-light: #81c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68606,
    "c": 0.11343,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.33488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33A9CD

secondary

#D09C8B

accent

#6944E4

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33A9CD

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

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