#33B2C9#33B2C9

#33B2C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.111 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B2C9
RGB	rgb(51, 178, 201)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -26.18, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 33.87, 219.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0933 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.111 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8237, 36.7583, 60.8757)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B2C9 #C94A33

analogous

#33C995 #33B2C9 #3367C9

triadic

#33B2C9 #C933B2 #B2C933

tetradic

#33B2C9 #9533C9 #C94A33 #67C933

square

#33B2C9 #9533C9 #C94A33 #67C933

split-complementary

#33B2C9 #C93367 #C99533

monochromatic

#1A5C67 #278798 #33B2C9 #62C5D7 #93D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#33B2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#33B2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B2C9

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B2C9	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 178, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.111 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c9d9',
    500: '#33b2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b2c9;
$custom-light: #81c9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70603,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B2C9

secondary

#CF9489

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B2C9

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

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