#33B8A8#33B8A8

#33B8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8A8
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -38.77, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 38.83, 183.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.1136 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.114 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5702, 37.8089, 42.9884)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8A8 #B83343

analogous

#33B865 #33B8A8 #3385B8

triadic

#33B8A8 #A833B8 #B8A833

tetradic

#33B8A8 #6533B8 #B83343 #85B833

square

#33B8A8 #6533B8 #B83343 #85B833

split-complementary

#33B8A8 #B83385 #B86533

monochromatic

#185850 #26887C #33B8A8 #58D1C2 #88DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#33B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#33B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8A8

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8A8	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)

#AFADA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcec1',
    500: '#33b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8a8;
$custom-light: #7fcec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.782,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70895,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8A8

secondary

#C87F88

accent

#485AE0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8A8

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

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