#33BCB8#33BCB8

#33BCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCB8
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -36.12, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 37.09, 193.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1104 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.113 192)
XYZ	xyz(27.9962, 40.1276, 51.6080)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCB8 #BC3337

analogous

#33BC74 #33BCB8 #337CBC

triadic

#33BCB8 #B833BC #BCB833

tetradic

#33BCB8 #7433BC #BC3337 #7CBC33

square

#33BCB8 #7433BC #BC3337 #7CBC33

split-complementary

#33BCB8 #BC337C #BC7433

monochromatic

#195C5A #268C89 #33BCB8 #5AD2CF #8ADFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#33BCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#33BCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCB8

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCB8	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d1cd',
    500: '#33bcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcb8;
$custom-light: #81d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.248,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.40131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCB8

secondary

#C98184

accent

#474CE1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCB8

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

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