#33B4BD#33B4BD

#33B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B4BD
RGB	rgb(51, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -30.86, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 34.13, 205.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.1003 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(26.8677, 37.0172, 53.8633)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B4BD #BD3C33

analogous

#33BD81 #33B4BD #336FBD

triadic

#33B4BD #BD33B4 #B4BD33

tetradic

#33B4BD #8133BD #BD3C33 #6FBD33

square

#33B4BD #8133BD #BD3C33 #6FBD33

split-complementary

#33B4BD #BD336F #BD8133

monochromatic

#19585D #26868D #33B4BD #5BCBD3 #8BDAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#33B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#33B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B4BD

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B4BD	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbd0',
    500: '#33b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b4bd;
$custom-light: #80cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70625,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.3702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B4BD

secondary

#CA8782

accent

#5147E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B4BD

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

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