#33AEDB#33AEDB

#33AEDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33AEDB
RGB	rgb(51, 174, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 20.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -18.28, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 37.02, 240.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0826 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.122 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2822, 36.0868, 72.4263)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33AEDB #DB6033

analogous

#33DBB4 #33AEDB #335ADB

triadic

#33AEDB #DB33AE #AEDB33

tetradic

#33AEDB #B433DB #DB6033 #5ADB33

square

#33AEDB #B433DB #DB6033 #5ADB33

split-complementary

#33AEDB #DB335A #DBB433

monochromatic

#16627D #1F8AB1 #33AEDB #67C3E4 #9BD7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#33AEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#33AEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33AEDB

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33AEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33AEDB	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ABDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33aedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 174, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c6e6',
    500: '#33aedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33aedb;
$custom-light: #83c6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33aedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.071,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7042,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33AEDB

secondary

#D9A491

accent

#6B3BED

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1316

muted

#7D8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #33AEDB

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

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