#33AED4#33AED4

#33AED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.117 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33AED4
RGB	rgb(51, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 76%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -20.59, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 35.38, 234.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0852 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.117 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3800, 35.7259, 67.6746)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33AED4 #D45933

analogous

#33D4A9 #33AED4 #335ED4

triadic

#33AED4 #D433AE #AED433

tetradic

#33AED4 #A933D4 #D45933 #5ED433

square

#33AED4 #A933D4 #D45933 #5ED433

split-complementary

#33AED4 #D4335E #D4A933

monochromatic

#185E74 #2388A7 #33AED4 #66C2DF #98D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#33AED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#33AED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33AED4

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33AED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33AED4	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33aed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.117 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c6e1',
    500: '#33aed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33aed4;
$custom-light: #82c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33aed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.161,
    "s": 65.182,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70107,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33AED4

secondary

#D59F8E

accent

#6740E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33AED4

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

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