#33B8BA#33B8BA

#33B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8BA
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -33.67, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 35.49, 198.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.1055 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.11 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3646, 38.5267, 52.4390)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8BA #BA3533

analogous

#33BA79 #33B8BA #3375BA

triadic

#33B8BA #BA33B8 #B8BA33

tetradic

#33B8BA #7933BA #BA3533 #75BA33

square

#33B8BA #7933BA #BA3533 #75BA33

split-complementary

#33B8BA #BA3375 #BA7933

monochromatic

#19595A #26888A #33B8BA #59D0D1 #89DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#33B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#33B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8BA

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8BA	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cece',
    500: '#33b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8ba;
$custom-light: #80cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71499,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8BA

secondary

#C98180

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8BA

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

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