#33B8C8#33B8C8

#33B8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#33B8C8
RGBrgb(51, 184, 200)
HSLhsl(186, 59%, 49%)
HSVhsv(186, 75%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(74.5%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.86, -29.46, -18.26)
CIE-LCHlch(68.86, 34.66, 211.79°)
OKLaboklab(72.02% -0.0995 -0.0508)
OKLCHoklch(72.02% 0.112 207)
XYZxyz(28.9265, 39.1514, 60.6648)
Luminance0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#33B8C8 #C84333
analogous
#33C88E #33B8C8 #336EC8
triadic
#33B8C8 #C833B8 #B8C833
tetradic
#33B8C8 #8E33C8 #C84333 #6EC833
square
#33B8C8 #8E33C8 #C84333 #6EC833
split-complementary
#33B8C8 #C8336E #C88E33
monochromatic
#1A5E66 #278B97 #33B8C8 #61CAD7 #92DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#33B8C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83
#33B8C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8C8
8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##33B8C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##33B8C81.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B1C9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A2C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #33b8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 207.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cdd8',
    500: '#33b8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #33b8c8;
$custom-light: #82cdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#33b8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.443,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72017,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.39155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#33B8C8
secondary
#CE9089
accent
#5645E3
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8C8

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

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#33B8C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva