#33ACC9#33ACC9

#33ACC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.111 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33ACC9
RGB	rgb(51, 172, 201)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -23.14, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 33.51, 226.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0874 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.111 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6559, 34.4227, 60.4864)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33ACC9 #C95033

analogous

#33C99B #33ACC9 #3361C9

triadic

#33ACC9 #C933AC #ACC933

tetradic

#33ACC9 #9B33C9 #C95033 #61C933

square

#33ACC9 #9B33C9 #C95033 #61C933

split-complementary

#33ACC9 #C93361 #C99B33

monochromatic

#1A5867 #278298 #33ACC9 #62C1D7 #93D4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#33ACC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#33ACC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33ACC9

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33ACC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33ACC9	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33acc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 172, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.111 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5d9',
    500: '#33acc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33acc9;
$custom-light: #81c5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33acc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69155,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33ACC9

secondary

#CF9789

accent

#6445E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33ACC9

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

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