#33B9BB#33B9BB

#33B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9BB
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -33.84, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 35.68, 198.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.1061 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.111 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6798, 38.9863, 53.0703)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9BB #BB3533

analogous

#33BB79 #33B9BB #3375BB

triadic

#33B9BB #BB33B9 #B9BB33

tetradic

#33B9BB #7933BB #BB3533 #75BB33

square

#33B9BB #7933BB #BB3533 #75BB33

split-complementary

#33B9BB #BB3375 #BB7933

monochromatic

#195A5B #26898B #33B9BB #59D0D2 #89DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#33B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#33B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9BB

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9BB	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cecf',
    500: '#33b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9bb;
$custom-light: #81cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9BB

secondary

#C98281

accent

#4A47E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9BB

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

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