#33B9AB#33B9AB

#33B9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#33B9AB
RGBrgb(51, 185, 171)
HSLhsl(174, 57%, 46%)
HSVhsv(174, 72%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.27, -38.40, -3.18)
CIE-LCHlch(68.27, 38.53, 184.74°)
OKLaboklab(71.24% -0.1132 -0.0092)
OKLCHoklch(71.24% 0.114 184.7)
XYZxyz(26.0614, 38.3389, 44.5468)
Luminance0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#33B9AB #B93341
analogous
#33B968 #33B9AB #3384B9
triadic
#33B9AB #AB33B9 #B9AB33
tetradic
#33B9AB #6833B9 #B93341 #84B933
square
#33B9AB #6833B9 #B93341 #84B933
split-complementary
#33B9AB #B93384 #B96833
monochromatic
#195952 #26897F #33B9AB #58D1C4 #88DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#33B9AB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67
#33B9AB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9AB
8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##33B9AB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##33B9AB1.002.428.678.67
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6721.001.001.00
##0000008.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0AEAB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA1AC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #33b9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 184.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcec3',
    500: '#33b9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #33b9ab;
$custom-light: #7fcec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#33b9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.731,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71241,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#33B9AB
secondary
#C88087
accent
#4858E0
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8281

Preview Lab

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#33B9AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva