#33C5CA#33C5CA

#33C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33C5CA
RGB	rgb(51, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -35.07, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 37.54, 200.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.1113 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9873, 44.8967, 62.8457)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33C5CA #CA3833

analogous

#33CA84 #33C5CA #3379CA

triadic

#33C5CA #CA33C5 #C5CA33

tetradic

#33C5CA #8433CA #CA3833 #79CA33

square

#33C5CA #8433CA #CA3833 #79CA33

split-complementary

#33C5CA #CA3379 #CA8433

monochromatic

#1A6668 #279599 #33C5CA #63D4D8 #94E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#33C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#33C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33C5CA

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33C5CA	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d7da',
    500: '#33c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33c5ca;
$custom-light: #84d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.987,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75247,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33C5CA

secondary

#CF8C8A

accent

#4A45E3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #33C5CA

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

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