#33B9C5#33B9C5

#33B9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.111 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9C5
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -30.86, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 34.90, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.1018 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.111 204)
XYZ	xyz(28.7878, 39.4295, 58.9059)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9C5 #C53F33

analogous

#33C588 #33B9C5 #3370C5

triadic

#33B9C5 #C533B9 #B9C533

tetradic

#33B9C5 #8833C5 #C53F33 #70C533

square

#33B9C5 #8833C5 #C53F33 #70C533

split-complementary

#33B9C5 #C53370 #C58833

monochromatic

#1A5E64 #268B94 #33B9C5 #5FCCD6 #90DCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#33B9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#33B9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9C5

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9C5	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.111 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced6',
    500: '#33b9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9c5;
$custom-light: #82ced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.932,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.39433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9C5

secondary

#CD8D87

accent

#5346E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9C5

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

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