#33ACC5#33ACC5

#33ACC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33ACC5
RGB	rgb(51, 172, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -24.42, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 33.03, 222.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.089 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.109 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1915, 34.2369, 58.0405)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33ACC5 #C54C33

analogous

#33C595 #33ACC5 #3363C5

triadic

#33ACC5 #C533AC #ACC533

tetradic

#33ACC5 #9533C5 #C54C33 #63C533

square

#33ACC5 #9533C5 #C54C33 #63C533

split-complementary

#33ACC5 #C53363 #C59533

monochromatic

#1A5764 #268294 #33ACC5 #5FC1D6 #90D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#33ACC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#33ACC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33ACC5

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33ACC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33ACC5	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33acc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 172, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5d6',
    500: '#33acc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33acc5;
$custom-light: #80c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33acc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.274,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68989,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33ACC5

secondary

#CD9387

accent

#6146E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33ACC5

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

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