#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
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -29.46, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 34.66, 211.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0995 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.112 207)
XYZ	xyz(28.9265, 39.1514, 60.6648)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##33B8C8	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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