#33BCB5#33BCB5

#33BCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCB5
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -36.97, -6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 37.61, 190.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% -0.1117 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.113 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6850, 40.0031, 49.9694)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCB5 #BC333A

analogous

#33BC70 #33BCB5 #337FBC

triadic

#33BCB5 #B533BC #BCB533

tetradic

#33BCB5 #7033BC #BC333A #7FBC33

square

#33BCB5 #7033BC #BC333A #7FBC33

split-complementary

#33BCB5 #BC337F #BC7033

monochromatic

#195C58 #268C87 #33BCB5 #5AD2CC #8ADFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#33BCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#33BCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCB5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCB5	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1cb',
    500: '#33bcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcb5;
$custom-light: #80d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.934,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72314,
    "c": 0.11336,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCB5

secondary

#C98185

accent

#474FE1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCB5

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

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