#33B9D6#33B9D6

#33B9D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33B9D6
RGB	rgb(51, 185, 214)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 76%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -25.57, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 35.58, 224.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0949 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.117 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8466, 40.2530, 69.7492)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33B9D6 #D65033

analogous

#33D6A2 #33B9D6 #3368D6

triadic

#33B9D6 #D633B9 #B9D633

tetradic

#33B9D6 #A233D6 #D65033 #68D633

square

#33B9D6 #A233D6 #D65033 #68D633

split-complementary

#33B9D6 #D63368 #D6A233

monochromatic

#186677 #2292AA #33B9D6 #66CAE0 #99DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#33B9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#33B9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33B9D6

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33B9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33B9D6	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33b9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 185, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cee2',
    500: '#33b9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33b9d6;
$custom-light: #84cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33b9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.675,
    "s": 66.531,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72816,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33B9D6

secondary

#D69B8F

accent

#5D3EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33B9D6

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

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