#33BCB3#33BCB3

#33BCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.114 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCB3
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -37.54, -5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 38.00, 188.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.1126 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.114 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4813, 39.9216, 48.8964)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCB3 #BC333C

analogous

#33BC6E #33BCB3 #3381BC

triadic

#33BCB3 #B333BC #BCB333

tetradic

#33BCB3 #6E33BC #BC333C #81BC33

square

#33BCB3 #6E33BC #BC333C #81BC33

split-complementary

#33BCB3 #BC3381 #BC6E33

monochromatic

#195C57 #268C85 #33BCB3 #5AD2CA #8ADFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#33BCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#33BCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCB3

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCB3	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.114 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c9',
    500: '#33bcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcb3;
$custom-light: #80d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.058,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.11381,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCB3

secondary

#C98186

accent

#4751E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCB3

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

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