#33D5DA

Closest named color: Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC). oklch(79.7% 0.126 198.1), rgb(51, 213, 218).

Black text reads best on this color (11.67:1).

About this color

#33D5DA is a light, moderately saturated teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.126 and its hue 198°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC), ΔE 0.020 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.67:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	light (80%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.126)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Medium Turquoise (#48D1CC)
Black text	11.67:1
White text	1.79:1

Values

HEX	#33D5DA
RGB	rgb(51, 213, 218)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 53%)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.126 198.1)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #33D5DA	1.79:1	Fails	Lc -36.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #33D5DA	11.67:1	AAA	Lc 70.9	Content text, not long reading
#33D5DA text on white	1.79:1	Fails	Lc 32.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#33D5DA text on black	11.67:1	AAA	Lc -69.7	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#E9F9F9

oklch(97% 0.017 196.9)
Step 100
100

#CFF2F3

oklch(93.6% 0.036 198.7)
Step 200
200

#A2E8EA

oklch(88.5% 0.07 198.2)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#33D5DA

oklch(79.7% 0.126 198.1)
Step 400
400

#00B7BC

oklch(70.8% 0.12 198.3)
Step 500
500

#009DA1

oklch(63.2% 0.107 198)
Step 600
600

#008487

oklch(55.6% 0.095 197.6)
Step 700
700

#006F72

oklch(49.2% 0.084 198.1)
Step 800
800

#005B5D

oklch(42.7% 0.073 197.4)
Step 900
900

#004C4E

oklch(37.8% 0.064 197.8)
Step 950
950

#002D2F

oklch(27% 0.046 199.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#33D5DA with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C6CBDB	0.130
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#AEBADB	0.120
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#00DDD6	0.026
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C1C1C1	0.127