#33BDAD#33BDAD

#33BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33BDAD
RGB	rgb(51, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -39.65, -2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 39.72, 183.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1163 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.117 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1020, 40.1129, 45.8413)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33BDAD #BD3343

analogous

#33BD68 #33BDAD #3388BD

triadic

#33BDAD #AD33BD #BDAD33

tetradic

#33BDAD #6833BD #BD3343 #88BD33

square

#33BDAD #6833BD #BD3343 #88BD33

split-complementary

#33BDAD #BD3388 #BD6833

monochromatic

#195D55 #268D81 #33BDAD #5BD3C5 #8BE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#33BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#33BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33BDAD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33BDAD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80d1c5',
    500: '#33bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33bdad;
$custom-light: #80d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72302,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33BDAD

secondary

#CA828A

accent

#4759E1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #33BDAD

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

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