#33C5DC#33C5DC

#33C5DC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33C5DC
RGB	rgb(51, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -29.63, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 37.05, 216.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.1038 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.121 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2441, 45.7994, 74.7316)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33C5DC #DC4A33

analogous

#33DC9F #33C5DC #3370DC

triadic

#33C5DC #DC33C5 #C5DC33

tetradic

#33C5DC #9F33DC #DC4A33 #70DC33

square

#33C5DC #9F33DC #DC4A33 #70DC33

split-complementary

#33C5DC #DC3370 #DC9F33

monochromatic

#16717F #1F9FB3 #33C5DC #67D4E5 #9BE3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#33C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#33C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33C5DC

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33C5DC	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BADDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7e6',
    500: '#33c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33c5dc;
$custom-light: #86d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.166,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75922,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33C5DC

secondary

#DA9B91

accent

#533AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #33C5DC

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

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