#33ACD6#33ACD6

#33ACD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.119 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33ACD6
RGB	rgb(51, 172, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 76%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -18.89, -30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 36.01, 238.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0825 -0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.119 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2504, 35.0605, 68.8837)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33ACD6 #D65D33

analogous

#33D6AF #33ACD6 #335BD6

triadic

#33ACD6 #D633AC #ACD633

tetradic

#33ACD6 #AF33D6 #D65D33 #5BD633

square

#33ACD6 #AF33D6 #D65D33 #5BD633

split-complementary

#33ACD6 #D6335B #D6AF33

monochromatic

#185E77 #2287AA #33ACD6 #66C1E0 #99D5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#33ACD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#33ACD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33ACD6

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33ACD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33ACD6	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F99D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33acd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 172, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.119 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c4e2',
    500: '#33acd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33acd6;
$custom-light: #83c4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33acd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.46,
    "s": 66.531,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33ACD6

secondary

#D6A18F

accent

#6A3EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #33ACD6

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

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