#33BCA9#33BCA9

#33BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.117 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCA9
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -40.29, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 40.30, 181.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1171 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.117 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5064, 39.5317, 43.7618)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCA9 #BC3346

analogous

#33BC65 #33BCA9 #338BBC

triadic

#33BCA9 #A933BC #BCA933

tetradic

#33BCA9 #6533BC #BC3346 #8BBC33

square

#33BCA9 #6533BC #BC3346 #8BBC33

split-complementary

#33BCA9 #BC338B #BC6533

monochromatic

#195C52 #268C7E #33BCA9 #5AD2C2 #8ADFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#33BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#33BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCA9

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCA9	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.117 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd1c2',
    500: '#33bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bca9;
$custom-light: #7fd1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.679,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71927,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCA9

secondary

#C9818B

accent

#475CE1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCA9

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

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