#33B8A9#33B8A9

#33B8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8A9
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, -38.50, -2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 38.59, 183.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.1131 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.113 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6637, 37.8463, 43.4809)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8A9 #B83342

analogous

#33B866 #33B8A9 #3384B8

triadic

#33B8A9 #A933B8 #B8A933

tetradic

#33B8A9 #6633B8 #B83342 #84B833

square

#33B8A9 #6633B8 #B83342 #84B833

split-complementary

#33B8A9 #B83384 #B86633

monochromatic

#185851 #26887D #33B8A9 #58D1C3 #88DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#33B8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#33B8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8A9

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8A9	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)

#AFADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcec2',
    500: '#33b8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8a9;
$custom-light: #7fcec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.233,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70927,
    "c": 0.1134,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8A9

secondary

#C87F87

accent

#4859E0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8A9

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

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