#33BCDA#33BCDA

#33BCDA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.119 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BCDA
RGB	rgb(51, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(191, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -25.81, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 36.17, 224.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0961 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.119 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9980, 41.7283, 72.6840)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BCDA #DA5133

analogous

#33DAA4 #33BCDA #3369DA

triadic

#33BCDA #DA33BC #BCDA33

tetradic

#33BCDA #A433DA #DA5133 #69DA33

square

#33BCDA #A433DA #DA5133 #69DA33

split-complementary

#33BCDA #DA3369 #DAA433

monochromatic

#176A7C #2096B0 #33BCDA #67CDE3 #9BDEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#33BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#33BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BCDA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BCDA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.119 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d0e5',
    500: '#33bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bcda;
$custom-light: #84d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.778,
    "s": 69.295,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73696,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BCDA

secondary

#D99D90

accent

#5B3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F9FC

border

#CBD2D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BCDA

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

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