#33BCB6#33BCB6

#33BCB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.113 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCB6
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -36.69, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 37.43, 191.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.1112 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.113 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7880, 40.0443, 50.5117)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCB6 #BC3339

analogous

#33BC72 #33BCB6 #337EBC

triadic

#33BCB6 #B633BC #BCB633

tetradic

#33BCB6 #7233BC #BC3339 #7EBC33

square

#33BCB6 #7233BC #BC3339 #7EBC33

split-complementary

#33BCB6 #BC337E #BC7233

monochromatic

#195C59 #268C87 #33BCB6 #5AD2CD #8ADFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#33BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#33BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCB6

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCB6	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.113 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1cb',
    500: '#33bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcb6;
$custom-light: #81d1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.372,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72347,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCB6

secondary

#C98185

accent

#474EE1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCB6

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

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