#33B9B8#33B9B8

#33B9B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9B8
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 184)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -34.72, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 36.07, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1074 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.111 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3620, 38.8591, 51.3966)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9B8 #B93334

analogous

#33B975 #33B9B8 #3377B9

triadic

#33B9B8 #B833B9 #B9B833

tetradic

#33B9B8 #7533B9 #B93334 #77B933

square

#33B9B8 #7533B9 #B93334 #77B933

split-complementary

#33B9B8 #B93377 #B97533

monochromatic

#195959 #268988 #33B9B8 #58D1D0 #88DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#33B9B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#33B9B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9B8

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9B8	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cecd',
    500: '#33b9b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9b8;
$custom-light: #80cecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.552,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71675,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9B8

secondary

#C88080

accent

#4849E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9B8

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

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