#33B4B9#33B4B9

#33B4B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B4B9
RGB	rgb(51, 180, 185)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -32.06, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 34.43, 201.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.102 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4395, 36.8460, 51.6081)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B4B9 #B93833

analogous

#33B97B #33B4B9 #3371B9

triadic

#33B4B9 #B933B4 #B4B933

tetradic

#33B4B9 #7B33B9 #B93833 #71B933

square

#33B4B9 #7B33B9 #B93833 #71B933

split-complementary

#33B4B9 #B93371 #B97B33

monochromatic

#195759 #268589 #33B4B9 #58CDD1 #88DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#33B4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#33B4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B4B9

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B4B9	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 180, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbce',
    500: '#33b4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b4b9;
$custom-light: #80cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.239,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70478,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B4B9

secondary

#C88280

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B4B9

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

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