#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
RGBrgb(51, 169, 205)
HSLhsl(194, 61%, 50%)
HSVhsv(194, 75%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(75.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.55, -20.28, -27.61)
CIE-LCHlch(64.55, 34.26, 233.70°)
OKLaboklab(68.61% -0.083 -0.0773)
OKLCHoklch(68.61% 0.113 223)
XYZxyz(26.5681, 33.4843, 62.8087)
Luminance0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##33A9CD1.002.737.707.70
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7021.001.001.00
##0000007.7021.001.001.00

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

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#33A9CD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva