#33B9C9#33B9C9

#33B9C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9C9
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -29.64, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 34.83, 211.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1001 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.112 207)
XYZ	xyz(29.2522, 39.6152, 61.3518)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9C9 #C94333

analogous

#33C98E #33B9C9 #336EC9

triadic

#33B9C9 #C933B9 #B9C933

tetradic

#33B9C9 #8E33C9 #C94333 #6EC933

square

#33B9C9 #8E33C9 #C94333 #6EC933

split-complementary

#33B9C9 #C9336E #C98E33

monochromatic

#1A5F67 #278C98 #33B9C9 #62CBD7 #93DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#33B9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#33B9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9C9

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9C9	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82ced9',
    500: '#33b9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9c9;
$custom-light: #82ced9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.39619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9C9

secondary

#CF9189

accent

#5645E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9C9

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

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