#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
RGBrgb(51, 185, 178)
HSLhsl(177, 57%, 46%)
HSVhsv(177, 72%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.47, -36.44, -6.74)
CIE-LCHlch(68.47, 37.06, 190.48°)
OKLaboklab(71.47% -0.11 -0.0189)
OKLCHoklch(71.47% 0.112 189.7)
XYZxyz(26.7463, 38.6129, 48.1543)
Luminance0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##33B9B21.002.418.728.72
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7221.001.001.00
##0000008.7221.001.001.00

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

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#33B9B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva