#33B9B4#33B9B4

#33B9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.111 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9B4
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -35.87, -7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 36.70, 192.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1092 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.111 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9486, 38.6938, 49.2195)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9B4 #B93338

analogous

#33B971 #33B9B4 #337BB9

triadic

#33B9B4 #B433B9 #B9B433

tetradic

#33B9B4 #7133B9 #B93338 #7BB933

square

#33B9B4 #7133B9 #B93338 #7BB933

split-complementary

#33B9B4 #B9337B #B97133

monochromatic

#195957 #268985 #33B9B4 #58D1CD #88DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#33B9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#33B9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9B4

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9B4	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.111 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ceca',
    500: '#33b9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9b4;
$custom-light: #80ceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.761,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71537,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9B4

secondary

#C88082

accent

#484DE0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9B4

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

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