#33B9C2#33B9C2

#33B9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9C2
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -31.77, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 35.05, 204.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.103 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.111 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4475, 39.2933, 57.1136)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9C2 #C23C33

analogous

#33C283 #33B9C2 #3372C2

triadic

#33B9C2 #C233B9 #B9C233

tetradic

#33B9C2 #8333C2 #C23C33 #72C233

square

#33B9C2 #8333C2 #C23C33 #72C233

split-complementary

#33B9C2 #C23372 #C28333

monochromatic

#1A5D61 #268B92 #33B9C2 #5ECDD5 #8EDCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#33B9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#33B9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9C2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9C2	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81ced4',
    500: '#33b9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9c2;
$custom-light: #81ced4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.776,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9C2

secondary

#CC8985

accent

#5046E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9C2

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

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