#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
RGBrgb(51, 185, 182)
HSLhsl(179, 57%, 46%)
HSVhsv(179, 72%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(72.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.59, -35.30, -8.77)
CIE-LCHlch(68.59, 36.37, 193.95°)
OKLaboklab(71.61% -0.1083 -0.0244)
OKLCHoklch(71.61% 0.111 192.7)
XYZxyz(27.1538, 38.7759, 50.3003)
Luminance0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##33B9B61.002.408.768.76
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7621.001.001.00
##0000008.7621.001.001.00

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

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#33B9B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva