#33BCC5#33BCC5

#33BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCC5
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -32.30, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 35.59, 204.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1047 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.113 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4220, 40.6979, 59.1173)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCC5 #C53C33

analogous

#33C585 #33BCC5 #3373C5

triadic

#33BCC5 #C533BC #BCC533

tetradic

#33BCC5 #8533C5 #C53C33 #73C533

square

#33BCC5 #8533C5 #C53C33 #73C533

split-complementary

#33BCC5 #C53373 #C58533

monochromatic

#1A5F64 #268E94 #33BCC5 #5FCED6 #90DDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#33BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#33BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCC5

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCC5	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82d0d6',
    500: '#33bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcc5;
$custom-light: #82d0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.699,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72876,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCC5

secondary

#CD8B87

accent

#4F46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCC5

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

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