#33B8B6#33B8B6

#33B8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8B6
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -34.83, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 36.03, 194.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.1073 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.11 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9453, 38.3590, 50.2308)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8B6 #B83335

analogous

#33B873 #33B8B6 #3377B8

triadic

#33B8B6 #B633B8 #B8B633

tetradic

#33B8B6 #7333B8 #B83335 #77B833

square

#33B8B6 #7333B8 #B83335 #77B833

split-complementary

#33B8B6 #B83377 #B87333

monochromatic

#185857 #268887 #33B8B6 #58D1CF #88DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#33B8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#33B8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8B6

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8B6	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cecb',
    500: '#33b8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8b6;
$custom-light: #80cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71359,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8B6

secondary

#C87F80

accent

#484AE0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8B6

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

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