#33B5C6#33B5C6

#33B5C6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B5C6
RGB	rgb(51, 181, 198)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -28.60, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 34.13, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0974 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.11 208)
XYZ	xyz(28.0777, 37.8254, 59.2364)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B5C6 #C64433

analogous

#33C68E #33B5C6 #336CC6

triadic

#33B5C6 #C633B5 #B5C633

tetradic

#33B5C6 #8E33C6 #C64433 #6CC633

square

#33B5C6 #8E33C6 #C64433 #6CC633

split-complementary

#33B5C6 #C6336C #C68E33

monochromatic

#1A5C65 #268995 #33B5C6 #60C8D6 #91D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#33B5C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#33B5C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B5C6

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B5C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B5C6	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b5c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 181, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cbd7',
    500: '#33b5c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b5c6;
$custom-light: #81cbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b5c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.939,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71211,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.37829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B5C6

secondary

#CD9087

accent

#5846E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B5C6

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

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