#33B9BC#33B9BC

#33B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.111 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9BC
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -33.55, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 35.56, 199.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1056 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.111 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7872, 39.0292, 53.6361)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9BC #BC3633

analogous

#33BC7B #33B9BC #3375BC

triadic

#33B9BC #BC33B9 #B9BC33

tetradic

#33B9BC #7B33BC #BC3633 #75BC33

square

#33B9BC #7B33BC #BC3633 #75BC33

split-complementary

#33B9BC #BC3375 #BC7B33

monochromatic

#195A5C #268A8C #33B9BC #5AD0D2 #8ADDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#33B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#33B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9BC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9BC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.111 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced0',
    500: '#33b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9bc;
$custom-light: #81ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71816,
    "c": 0.1106,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9BC

secondary

#C98381

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9BC

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

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