#33B9B6#33B9B6

#33B9B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.111 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9B6
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -35.30, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 36.37, 193.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1083 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.111 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.1538, 38.7759, 50.3003)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9B6 #B93336

analogous

#33B973 #33B9B6 #3379B9

triadic

#33B9B6 #B633B9 #B9B633

tetradic

#33B9B6 #7333B9 #B93336 #79B933

square

#33B9B6 #7333B9 #B93336 #79B933

split-complementary

#33B9B6 #B93379 #B97333

monochromatic

#195958 #268987 #33B9B6 #58D1CE #88DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#33B9B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#33B9B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9B6

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9B6	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.111 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cecb',
    500: '#33b9b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9b6;
$custom-light: #80cecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.657,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9B6

secondary

#C88081

accent

#484BE0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9B6

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

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