#33BCA8#33BCA8

#33BCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCA8
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -40.56, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 40.56, 180.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.1176 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.118 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4129, 39.4943, 43.2693)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCA8 #BC3347

analogous

#33BC64 #33BCA8 #338CBC

triadic

#33BCA8 #A833BC #BCA833

tetradic

#33BCA8 #6433BC #BC3347 #8CBC33

square

#33BCA8 #6433BC #BC3347 #8CBC33

split-complementary

#33BCA8 #BC338C #BC6433

monochromatic

#195C52 #268C7D #33BCA8 #5AD2C1 #8ADFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#33BCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#33BCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCA8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCA8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd1c1',
    500: '#33bca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bca8;
$custom-light: #7fd1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.241,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71897,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCA8

secondary

#C9818C

accent

#475EE1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCA8

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

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