#33B5D6#33B5D6

#33B5D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B5D6
RGB	rgb(51, 181, 214)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 76%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 15.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -23.55, -26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 35.49, 228.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0911 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.117 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0216, 38.6029, 69.4741)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B5D6 #D65433

analogous

#33D6A5 #33B5D6 #3364D6

triadic

#33B5D6 #D633B5 #B5D633

tetradic

#33B5D6 #A533D6 #D65433 #64D633

square

#33B5D6 #A533D6 #D65433 #64D633

split-complementary

#33B5D6 #D63364 #D6A533

monochromatic

#186477 #228EAA #33B5D6 #66C7E0 #99DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#33B5D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#33B5D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B5D6

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B5D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B5D6	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA0D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b5d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 181, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbe2',
    500: '#33b5d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b5d6;
$custom-light: #83cbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b5d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.147,
    "s": 66.531,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71861,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B5D6

secondary

#D69D8F

accent

#613EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B5D6

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

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