#33BCAE#33BCAE

#33BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCAE
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -38.93, -3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 39.07, 184.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1149 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.115 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9848, 39.7230, 46.2813)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCAE #BC3341

analogous

#33BC6A #33BCAE #3385BC

triadic

#33BCAE #AE33BC #BCAE33

tetradic

#33BCAE #6A33BC #BC3341 #85BC33

square

#33BCAE #6A33BC #BC3341 #85BC33

split-complementary

#33BCAE #BC3385 #BC6A33

monochromatic

#195C55 #268C81 #33BCAE #5AD2C6 #8ADFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#33BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#33BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCAE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCAE	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)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c6',
    500: '#33bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcae;
$custom-light: #80d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.869,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72085,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCAE

secondary

#C98189

accent

#4757E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCAE

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

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