#33B8D6#33B8D6

#33B8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.117 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8D6
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -25.07, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 35.54, 225.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0939 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.117 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6382, 39.8361, 69.6797)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8D6 #D65133

analogous

#33D6A3 #33B8D6 #3367D6

triadic

#33B8D6 #D633B8 #B8D633

tetradic

#33B8D6 #A333D6 #D65133 #67D633

square

#33B8D6 #A333D6 #D65133 #67D633

split-complementary

#33B8D6 #D63367 #D6A333

monochromatic

#186577 #2291AA #33B8D6 #66CAE0 #99DBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#33B8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#33B8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8D6

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8D6	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.117 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cde2',
    500: '#33b8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8d6;
$custom-light: #84cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.043,
    "s": 66.531,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72577,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8D6

secondary

#D69C8F

accent

#5E3EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8D6

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

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