#33B8BC#33B8BC

#33B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8BC
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -33.08, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 35.27, 200.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1046 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.11 198)
XYZ	xyz(27.5787, 38.6123, 53.5666)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8BC #BC3733

analogous

#33BC7C #33B8BC #3374BC

triadic

#33B8BC #BC33B8 #B8BC33

tetradic

#33B8BC #7C33BC #BC3733 #74BC33

square

#33B8BC #7C33BC #BC3733 #74BC33

split-complementary

#33B8BC #BC3374 #BC7C33

monochromatic

#195A5C #26898C #33B8BC #5ACFD2 #8ADDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#33B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#33B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8BC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8BC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced0',
    500: '#33b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8bc;
$custom-light: #81ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.752,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.38616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8BC

secondary

#C98481

accent

#4C47E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8BC

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

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