#33BBB9#33BBB9

#33BBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BBB9
RGB	rgb(51, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -35.36, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 36.59, 194.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.1089 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.112 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8885, 39.7439, 52.0910)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BBB9 #BB3335

analogous

#33BB75 #33BBB9 #3379BB

triadic

#33BBB9 #B933BB #BBB933

tetradic

#33BBB9 #7533BB #BB3335 #79BB33

square

#33BBB9 #7533BB #BB3335 #79BB33

split-complementary

#33BBB9 #BB3379 #BB7533

monochromatic

#195B5A #268B89 #33BBB9 #59D2D0 #89DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#33BBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#33BBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BBB9

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BBB9	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0ce',
    500: '#33bbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bbb9;
$custom-light: #81d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72203,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BBB9

secondary

#C98182

accent

#474AE0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BBB9

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

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