#33AACC#33AACC

#33AACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.113 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33AACC
RGB	rgb(51, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -21.13, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 34.01, 231.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0843 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.113 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6345, 33.8097, 62.2372)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33AACC #CC5533

analogous

#33CCA1 #33AACC #335ECC

triadic

#33AACC #CC33AA #AACC33

tetradic

#33AACC #A133CC #CC5533 #5ECC33

square

#33AACC #A133CC #CC5533 #5ECC33

split-complementary

#33AACC #CC335E #CCA133

monochromatic

#1B586A #27819B #33AACC #64BED8 #95D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#33AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#33AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33AACC

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33AACC	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.113 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3db',
    500: '#33aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33aacc;
$custom-light: #81c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68802,
    "c": 0.11259,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33AACC

secondary

#D09A8B

accent

#6845E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33AACC

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

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