#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
RGB	rgb(51, 181, 184)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -32.83, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 34.82, 199.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.1034 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.108 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5369, 37.2091, 51.1216)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##33B5B8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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