#33C9CB#33C9CB

#33C9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33C9CB
RGB	rgb(51, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -36.64, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 38.58, 198.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.1147 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.12 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0264, 46.7848, 63.7781)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33C9CB #CB3533

analogous

#33CB81 #33C9CB #337DCB

triadic

#33C9CB #CB33C9 #C9CB33

tetradic

#33C9CB #8133CB #CB3533 #7DCB33

square

#33C9CB #8133CB #CB3533 #7DCB33

split-complementary

#33C9CB #CB337D #CB8133

monochromatic

#1A6869 #27999A #33C9CB #63D6D8 #94E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#33C9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#33C9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33C9CB

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33C9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33C9CB	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33c9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84dada',
    500: '#33c9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33c9cb;
$custom-light: #84dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33c9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.789,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76254,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33C9CB

secondary

#CF8B8B

accent

#4745E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #33C9CB

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

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