#33B5BD#33B5BD

#33B5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.109 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B5BD
RGB	rgb(51, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -31.34, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 34.38, 204.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.1012 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.109 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0703, 37.4224, 53.9308)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B5BD #BD3B33

analogous

#33BD80 #33B5BD #3370BD

triadic

#33B5BD #BD33B5 #B5BD33

tetradic

#33B5BD #8033BD #BD3B33 #70BD33

square

#33B5BD #8033BD #BD3B33 #70BD33

split-complementary

#33B5BD #BD3370 #BD8033

monochromatic

#19595D #26878D #33B5BD #5BCCD3 #8BDBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#33B5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#33B5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B5BD

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B5BD	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.109 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cbd0',
    500: '#33b5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b5bd;
$custom-light: #80cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7087,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B5BD

secondary

#CA8682

accent

#5047E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B5BD

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

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