#33B8B9#33B8B9

#33B8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8B9
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -33.96, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 35.62, 197.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1059 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.11 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2587, 38.4843, 51.8811)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8B9 #B93433

analogous

#33B977 #33B8B9 #3375B9

triadic

#33B8B9 #B933B8 #B8B933

tetradic

#33B8B9 #7733B9 #B93433 #75B933

square

#33B8B9 #7733B9 #B93433 #75B933

split-complementary

#33B8B9 #B93375 #B97733

monochromatic

#195959 #268889 #33B8B9 #58D0D1 #88DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#33B8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#33B8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8B9

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8B9	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cece',
    500: '#33b8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8b9;
$custom-light: #80cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.448,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71464,
    "c": 0.11007,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8B9

secondary

#C88080

accent

#4948E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8B9

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

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