#33B8D7#33B8D7

#33B8D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B8D7
RGB	rgb(51, 184, 215)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -24.75, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 35.67, 226.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0935 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.118 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7663, 39.8873, 70.3543)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B8D7 #D75233

analogous

#33D7A4 #33B8D7 #3366D7

triadic

#33B8D7 #D733B8 #B8D733

tetradic

#33B8D7 #A433D7 #D75233 #66D733

square

#33B8D7 #A433D7 #D75233 #66D733

split-complementary

#33B8D7 #D73366 #D7A433

monochromatic

#186678 #2291AB #33B8D7 #66CAE1 #99DCEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#33B8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#33B8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B8D7

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B8D7	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA3D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 184, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cde3',
    500: '#33b8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b8d7;
$custom-light: #84cde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.341,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B8D7

secondary

#D79D8F

accent

#5E3EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B8D7

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

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