#33B5B2#33B5B2

#33B5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B5B2
RGB	rgb(51, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -34.59, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 35.63, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.106 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.109 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9213, 36.9628, 47.8792)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B5B2 #B53336

analogous

#33B571 #33B5B2 #3377B5

triadic

#33B5B2 #B233B5 #B5B233

tetradic

#33B5B2 #7133B5 #B53336 #77B533

square

#33B5B2 #7133B5 #B53336 #77B533

split-complementary

#33B5B2 #B53377 #B57133

monochromatic

#185654 #268583 #33B5B2 #56CFCD #86DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#33B5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#33B5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B5B2

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B5B2	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbc9',
    500: '#33b5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b5b2;
$custom-light: #7fcbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.615,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70478,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B5B2

secondary

#C67D7F

accent

#484CDF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B5B2

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

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