#33BCAD#33BCAD

#33BCAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.116 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCAD
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -39.20, -2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 39.31, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1153 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.116 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8877, 39.6842, 45.7698)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCAD #BC3342

analogous

#33BC69 #33BCAD #3386BC

triadic

#33BCAD #AD33BC #BCAD33

tetradic

#33BCAD #6933BC #BC3342 #86BC33

square

#33BCAD #6933BC #BC3342 #86BC33

split-complementary

#33BCAD #BC3386 #BC6933

monochromatic

#195C54 #268C81 #33BCAD #5AD2C5 #8ADFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#33BCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#33BCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCAD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCAD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.116 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c5',
    500: '#33bcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcad;
$custom-light: #80d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.431,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72053,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCAD

secondary

#C98189

accent

#4758E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCAD

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

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