#33BCB9#33BCB9

#33BCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.113 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCB9
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -35.83, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 36.92, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1099 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.113 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1014, 40.1697, 52.1620)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCB9 #BC3336

analogous

#33BC75 #33BCB9 #337BBC

triadic

#33BCB9 #B933BC #BCB933

tetradic

#33BCB9 #7533BC #BC3336 #7BBC33

square

#33BCB9 #7533BC #BC3336 #7BBC33

split-complementary

#33BCB9 #BC337B #BC7533

monochromatic

#195C5A #268C8A #33BCB9 #5AD2D0 #8ADFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#33BCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#33BCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCB9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCB9	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B0B2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.113 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0ce',
    500: '#33bcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcb9;
$custom-light: #81d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.686,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72449,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCB9

secondary

#C98183

accent

#474BE1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCB9

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

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