#33B5B8#33B5B8

#33B5B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#33B5B8
RGBrgb(51, 181, 184)
HSLhsl(181, 57%, 46%)
HSVhsv(181, 72%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(72.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.43, -32.83, -11.59)
CIE-LCHlch(67.43, 34.82, 199.45°)
OKLaboklab(70.69% -0.1034 -0.0322)
OKLCHoklch(70.69% 0.108 197.3)
XYZxyz(26.5369, 37.2091, 51.1216)
Luminance0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#33B5B8 #B83633
analogous
#33B878 #33B5B8 #3372B8
triadic
#33B5B8 #B833B5 #B5B833
tetradic
#33B5B8 #7833B8 #B83633 #72B833
square
#33B5B8 #7833B8 #B83633 #72B833
split-complementary
#33B5B8 #B83372 #B87833
monochromatic
#185758 #268688 #33B5B8 #58CED1 #88DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#33B5B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44
#33B5B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B5B8
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##33B5B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##33B5B81.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8ACB8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#959EB9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BBB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #33b5b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 181, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 197.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbcd',
    500: '#33b5b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #33b5b8;
$custom-light: #80cbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#33b5b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.353,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70689,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#33B5B8
secondary
#C8817F
accent
#4B48E0
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F8F9
border
#CBD1D2
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B5B8

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

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#33B5B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva