#33C9DE#33C9DE

#33C9DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33C9DE
RGB	rgb(51, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -30.95, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 37.65, 214.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.1068 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.122 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4309, 47.7466, 76.4417)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33C9DE #DE4833

analogous

#33DE9D #33C9DE #3373DE

triadic

#33C9DE #DE33C9 #C9DE33

tetradic

#33C9DE #9D33DE #DE4833 #73DE33

square

#33C9DE #9D33DE #DE4833 #73DE33

split-complementary

#33C9DE #DE3373 #DE9D33

monochromatic

#157482 #1DA4B6 #33C9DE #68D7E7 #9CE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#33C9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#33C9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #33C9DE

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33C9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##33C9DE	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33c9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dae8',
    500: '#33c9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33c9de;
$custom-light: #86dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33c9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.368,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76954,
    "c": 0.12237,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33C9DE

secondary

#DB9B92

accent

#4F39EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #33C9DE

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

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