#33BAB9#33BAB9

#33BAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BAB9
RGB	rgb(51, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(180, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -34.90, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 36.26, 195.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1079 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.111 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6771, 39.3211, 52.0206)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BAB9 #BA3334

analogous

#33BA76 #33BAB9 #3378BA

triadic

#33BAB9 #B933BA #BAB933

tetradic

#33BAB9 #7633BA #BA3334 #78BA33

square

#33BAB9 #7633BA #BA3334 #78BA33

split-complementary

#33BAB9 #BA3378 #BA7633

monochromatic

#195A59 #268A89 #33BAB9 #59D1D1 #89DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#33BAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#33BAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BAB9

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BAB9	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cfce',
    500: '#33bab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bab9;
$custom-light: #81cfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71956,
    "c": 0.11134,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BAB9

secondary

#C98081

accent

#4849E0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BAB9

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

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