#33BBC9#33BBC9

#33BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.113 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BBC9
RGB	rgb(51, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -30.61, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 35.21, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.102 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.113 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6735, 40.4579, 61.4923)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BBC9 #C94133

analogous

#33C98C #33BBC9 #3370C9

triadic

#33BBC9 #C933BB #BBC933

tetradic

#33BBC9 #8C33C9 #C94133 #70C933

square

#33BBC9 #8C33C9 #C94133 #70C933

split-complementary

#33BBC9 #C93370 #C98C33

monochromatic

#1A6067 #278E98 #33BBC9 #62CCD7 #93DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#33BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#33BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BBC9

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BBC9	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.113 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d9',
    500: '#33bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bbc9;
$custom-light: #82d0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72783,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BBC9

secondary

#CF9089

accent

#5445E3

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BBC9

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

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