#33B8BD#33B8BD

#33B8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8BD
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -32.78, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 35.17, 201.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1042 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6869, 38.6556, 54.1363)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8BD #BD3833

analogous

#33BD7D #33B8BD #3373BD

triadic

#33B8BD #BD33B8 #B8BD33

tetradic

#33B8BD #7D33BD #BD3833 #73BD33

square

#33B8BD #7D33BD #BD3833 #73BD33

split-complementary

#33B8BD #BD3373 #BD7D33

monochromatic

#195A5D #26898D #33B8BD #5BCED3 #8BDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#33B8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#33B8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8BD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8BD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced0',
    500: '#33b8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8bd;
$custom-light: #81ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8BD

secondary

#CA8582

accent

#4D47E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8BD

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

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