#33C9DC#33C9DC

#33C9DC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.122 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33C9DC
RGB	rgb(51, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -31.56, -20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 37.61, 212.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1076 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.122 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1645, 47.6401, 75.0384)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33C9DC #DC4633

analogous

#33DC9B #33C9DC #3374DC

triadic

#33C9DC #DC33C9 #C9DC33

tetradic

#33C9DC #9B33DC #DC4633 #74DC33

square

#33C9DC #9B33DC #DC4633 #74DC33

split-complementary

#33C9DC #DC3374 #DC9B33

monochromatic

#16737F #1FA2B3 #33C9DC #67D7E5 #9BE5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#33C9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#33C9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33C9DC

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33C9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33C9DC	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33c9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.122 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dae6',
    500: '#33c9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33c9dc;
$custom-light: #86dae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33c9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.746,
    "s": 70.711,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76877,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33C9DC

secondary

#DA9991

accent

#4E3AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #33C9DC

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

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