#33BCBE#33BCBE

#33BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCBE
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -34.38, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 36.23, 198.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.1077 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.112 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6385, 40.3845, 54.9908)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCBE #BE3533

analogous

#33BE7A #33BCBE #3377BE

triadic

#33BCBE #BE33BC #BCBE33

tetradic

#33BCBE #7A33BE #BE3533 #77BE33

square

#33BCBE #7A33BE #BE3533 #77BE33

split-complementary

#33BCBE #BE3377 #BE7A33

monochromatic

#195D5E #268C8E #33BCBE #5BD1D3 #8BDFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#33BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#33BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCBE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCBE	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d0d1',
    500: '#33bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcbe;
$custom-light: #81d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72624,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCBE

secondary

#CA8483

accent

#4947E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCBE

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

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