#33B9B5#33B9B5

#33B9B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9B5
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -35.59, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 36.53, 193.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1087 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.111 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.0508, 38.7347, 49.7580)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9B5 #B93337

analogous

#33B972 #33B9B5 #337AB9

triadic

#33B9B5 #B533B9 #B9B533

tetradic

#33B9B5 #7233B9 #B93337 #7AB933

square

#33B9B5 #7233B9 #B93337 #7AB933

split-complementary

#33B9B5 #B9337A #B97233

monochromatic

#195957 #268986 #33B9B5 #58D1CD #88DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#33B9B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#33B9B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9B5

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9B5	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cecb',
    500: '#33b9b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9b5;
$custom-light: #80cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.209,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71572,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.38738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9B5

secondary

#C88082

accent

#484CE0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9B5

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

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