#33B9B2#33B9B2

#33B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.112 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9B2
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -36.44, -6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 37.06, 190.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.11 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.112 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7463, 38.6129, 48.1543)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9B2 #B9333A

analogous

#33B96F #33B9B2 #337DB9

triadic

#33B9B2 #B233B9 #B9B233

tetradic

#33B9B2 #6F33B9 #B9333A #7DB933

square

#33B9B2 #6F33B9 #B9333A #7DB933

split-complementary

#33B9B2 #B9337D #B96F33

monochromatic

#195956 #268984 #33B9B2 #58D1CB #88DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#33B9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#33B9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9B2

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9B2	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.112 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cec9',
    500: '#33b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9b2;
$custom-light: #80cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.866,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7147,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9B2

secondary

#C88083

accent

#4850E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9B2

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

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