#33B8CF#33B8CF

#33B8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8CF
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 207)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -27.28, -21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 34.88, 218.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0967 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.114 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7634, 39.4862, 65.0723)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8CF #CF4A33

analogous

#33CF98 #33B8CF #336ACF

triadic

#33B8CF #CF33B8 #B8CF33

tetradic

#33B8CF #9833CF #CF4A33 #6ACF33

square

#33B8CF #9833CF #CF4A33 #6ACF33

split-complementary

#33B8CF #CF336A #CF9833

monochromatic

#1A616E #258D9F #33B8CF #65C9DB #96DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#33B8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#33B8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8CF

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8CF	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cddd',
    500: '#33b8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8cf;
$custom-light: #83cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.846,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72292,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8CF

secondary

#D2968C

accent

#5B43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8CF

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

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