#33B8B5#33B8B5

#33B8B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.110 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8B5
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 181)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -35.12, -8.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 36.19, 193.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1077 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.11 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8424, 38.3178, 49.6885)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8B5 #B83336

analogous

#33B872 #33B8B5 #3378B8

triadic

#33B8B5 #B533B8 #B8B533

tetradic

#33B8B5 #7233B8 #B83336 #78B833

square

#33B8B5 #7233B8 #B83336 #78B833

split-complementary

#33B8B5 #B83378 #B87233

monochromatic

#185857 #268886 #33B8B5 #58D1CE #88DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#33B8B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#33B8B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8B5

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8B5	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#ACAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.110 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cecb',
    500: '#33b8b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8b5;
$custom-light: #80cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.647,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71324,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8B5

secondary

#C87F81

accent

#484BE0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8B5

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

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