#33B4CC#33B4CC

#33B4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.112 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B4CC
RGB	rgb(51, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -26.23, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 34.28, 220.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.094 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.112 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5809, 37.7025, 62.8860)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B4CC #CC4B33

analogous

#33CC98 #33B4CC #3367CC

triadic

#33B4CC #CC33B4 #B4CC33

tetradic

#33B4CC #9833CC #CC4B33 #67CC33

square

#33B4CC #9833CC #CC4B33 #67CC33

split-complementary

#33B4CC #CC3367 #CC9833

monochromatic

#1B5E6A #27899B #33B4CC #64C6D8 #95D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#33B4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#33B4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B4CC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B4CC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.112 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cadb',
    500: '#33b4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b4cc;
$custom-light: #82cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71207,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B4CC

secondary

#D0968B

accent

#5E45E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B4CC

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

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