#33B9CF#33B9CF

#33B9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.114 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9CF
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -27.78, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 34.99, 217.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0976 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.114 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9718, 39.9031, 65.1418)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9CF #CF4933

analogous

#33CF97 #33B9CF #336BCF

triadic

#33B9CF #CF33B9 #B9CF33

tetradic

#33B9CF #9733CF #CF4933 #6BCF33

square

#33B9CF #9733CF #CF4933 #6BCF33

split-complementary

#33B9CF #CF336B #CF9733

monochromatic

#1A626E #258E9F #33B9CF #65CADB #96DBE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#33B9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#33B9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9CF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9CF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.114 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cedd',
    500: '#33b9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9cf;
$custom-light: #83cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72532,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9CF

secondary

#D2968C

accent

#5A43E5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9CF

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

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