#33B9BD#33B9BD

#33B9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 198.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9BD
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -33.26, -12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 35.46, 200.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.1052 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.111 198)
XYZ	xyz(27.8954, 39.0725, 54.2058)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9BD #BD3733

analogous

#33BD7C #33B9BD #3374BD

triadic

#33B9BD #BD33B9 #B9BD33

tetradic

#33B9BD #7C33BD #BD3733 #74BD33

square

#33B9BD #7C33BD #BD3733 #74BD33

split-complementary

#33B9BD #BD3374 #BD7C33

monochromatic

#195B5D #268A8D #33B9BD #5BCFD3 #8BDDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#33B9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#33B9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9BD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9BD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 198.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced0',
    500: '#33b9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9bd;
$custom-light: #81ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71852,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 198
  },
  "luminance": 0.39076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9BD

secondary

#CA8482

accent

#4C47E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9BD

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

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