#33B9BA#33B9BA

#33B9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.111 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9BA
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -34.14, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 35.80, 197.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1065 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.111 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5731, 38.9436, 52.5085)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9BA #BA3433

analogous

#33BA78 #33B9BA #3376BA

triadic

#33B9BA #BA33B9 #B9BA33

tetradic

#33B9BA #7833BA #BA3433 #76BA33

square

#33B9BA #7833BA #BA3433 #76BA33

split-complementary

#33B9BA #BA3376 #BA7833

monochromatic

#19595A #26898A #33B9BA #59D1D1 #89DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#33B9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#33B9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9BA

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9BA	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.111 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cece',
    500: '#33b9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9ba;
$custom-light: #80cece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.444,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71745,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9BA

secondary

#C98180

accent

#4948E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9BA

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

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