#33BCBA#33BCBA

#33BCBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCBA
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -35.54, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.77, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1095 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.113 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2073, 40.2120, 52.7199)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCBA #BC3335

analogous

#33BC76 #33BCBA #337ABC

triadic

#33BCBA #BA33BC #BCBA33

tetradic

#33BCBA #7633BC #BC3335 #7ABC33

square

#33BCBA #7633BC #BC3335 #7ABC33

split-complementary

#33BCBA #BC337A #BC7633

monochromatic

#195C5B #268C8A #33BCBA #5AD2D0 #8ADFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#33BCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#33BCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCBA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCBA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.124,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72484,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCBA

secondary

#C98182

accent

#4749E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCBA

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

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