#33B9C8#33B9C8

#33B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9C8
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -29.94, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 34.84, 210.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1005 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.112 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1349, 39.5683, 60.7343)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9C8 #C84233

analogous

#33C88D #33B9C8 #336FC8

triadic

#33B9C8 #C833B9 #B9C833

tetradic

#33B9C8 #8D33C8 #C84233 #6FC833

square

#33B9C8 #8D33C8 #C84233 #6FC833

split-complementary

#33B9C8 #C8336F #C88D33

monochromatic

#1A5F66 #278C97 #33B9C8 #61CBD7 #92DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#33B9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#33B9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9C8

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9C8	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced8',
    500: '#33b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9c8;
$custom-light: #82ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.04,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.11205,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9C8

secondary

#CE9089

accent

#5545E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9C8

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

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