#33B5C8#33B5C8

#33B5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B5C8
RGB	rgb(51, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -27.98, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 34.18, 215.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0966 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.111 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3099, 37.9183, 60.4593)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B5C8 #C84633

analogous

#33C891 #33B5C8 #336BC8

triadic

#33B5C8 #C833B5 #B5C833

tetradic

#33B5C8 #9133C8 #C84633 #6BC833

square

#33B5C8 #9133C8 #C84633 #6BC833

split-complementary

#33B5C8 #C8336B #C89133

monochromatic

#1A5D66 #278997 #33B5C8 #61C8D7 #92D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#33B5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#33B5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B5C8

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B5C8	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cbd8',
    500: '#33b5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b5c8;
$custom-light: #82cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.651,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7129,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B5C8

secondary

#CE9289

accent

#5945E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B5C8

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

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