#33B4AD#33B4AD

#33B4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B4AD
RGB	rgb(51, 180, 173)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -35.55, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 36.13, 190.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.1073 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.109 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2258, 36.3605, 45.2158)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B4AD #B4333A

analogous

#33B46C #33B4AD #337BB4

triadic

#33B4AD #AD33B4 #B4AD33

tetradic

#33B4AD #6C33B4 #B4333A #7BB433

square

#33B4AD #6C33B4 #B4333A #7BB433

split-complementary

#33B4AD #B4337B #B46C33

monochromatic

#185551 #25847F #33B4AD #55CFC8 #85DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#33B4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#33B4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B4AD

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B4AD	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 180, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbc5',
    500: '#33b4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b4ad;
$custom-light: #7fcbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.744,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B4AD

secondary

#C67D81

accent

#4951DF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B4AD

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

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