#33B8B4#33B8B4

#33B8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8B4
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -35.41, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 36.35, 193.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1082 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.111 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7401, 38.2769, 49.1500)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8B4 #B83337

analogous

#33B871 #33B8B4 #3379B8

triadic

#33B8B4 #B433B8 #B8B433

tetradic

#33B8B4 #7133B8 #B83337 #79B833

square

#33B8B4 #7133B8 #B83337 #79B833

split-complementary

#33B8B4 #B83379 #B87133

monochromatic

#185856 #268885 #33B8B4 #58D1CD #88DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#33B8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#33B8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8B4

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8B4	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceca',
    500: '#33b8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8b4;
$custom-light: #80ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.195,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7129,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8B4

secondary

#C87F81

accent

#484CE0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8B4

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

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