#33B5C5#33B5C5

#33B5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B5C5
RGB	rgb(51, 181, 197)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -28.91, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 34.12, 212.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0979 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.11 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9628, 37.7794, 58.6309)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B5C5 #C54333

analogous

#33C58C #33B5C5 #336CC5

triadic

#33B5C5 #C533B5 #B5C533

tetradic

#33B5C5 #8C33C5 #C54333 #6CC533

square

#33B5C5 #8C33C5 #C54333 #6CC533

split-complementary

#33B5C5 #C5336C #C58C33

monochromatic

#1A5C64 #268894 #33B5C5 #5FC9D6 #90D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#33B5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#33B5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B5C5

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B5C5	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 181, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd6',
    500: '#33b5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b5c5;
$custom-light: #81cbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.575,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71173,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B5C5

secondary

#CD8F87

accent

#5746E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B5C5

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

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