#33BAB5#33BAB5

#33BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.112 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BAB5
RGB	rgb(51, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -36.05, -7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 36.89, 192.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.1097 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.112 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2608, 39.1546, 49.8279)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BAB5 #BA3338

analogous

#33BA72 #33BAB5 #337CBA

triadic

#33BAB5 #B533BA #BAB533

tetradic

#33BAB5 #7233BA #BA3338 #7CBA33

square

#33BAB5 #7233BA #BA3338 #7CBA33

split-complementary

#33BAB5 #BA337C #BA7233

monochromatic

#195A58 #268A86 #33BAB5 #59D1CD #89DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#33BAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#33BAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BAB5

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BAB5	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.112 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cfcb',
    500: '#33bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bab5;
$custom-light: #80cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71819,
    "c": 0.11185,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BAB5

secondary

#C98083

accent

#484DE0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BAB5

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

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