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#33A0FA

#33a0fa ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#33a0fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 62.75% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.6% cyan, 36% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 207.14°, with 95.22% saturation and 59.02% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 4.74.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3275

Complementary

  1. #33a0fa
  2. #fa8d33

Split complementary

  1. #33a0fa
  2. #fa333c
  3. #faf133

Analogous

  1. #33faf1
  2. #33a0fa
  3. #333cfa

Triadic

  1. #33a0fa
  2. #fa33a0
  3. #a0fa33

Tetradic

  1. #33a0fa
  2. #8d33fa
  3. #fa8d33
  4. #a0fa33

Square

  1. #33a0fa
  2. #f133fa
  3. #fa8d33
  4. #3cfa33

Monochromatic

  1. #045190
  2. #057adb
  3. #33a0fa
  4. #7ec3fc
  5. #c8e6fe

Shades

#33a0fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33a0fa
  2. #2e90e1
  3. #2980c8
  4. #2470af
  5. #1f6096
  6. #1a507d
  7. #144064
  8. #0f304b
  9. #0a2032
  10. #051019
  11. #000000

Tints

#33a0fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33a0fa
  2. #47aafb
  3. #5cb3fb
  4. #70bdfc
  5. #85c6fc
  6. #99d0fd
  7. #add9fd
  8. #c2e3fe
  9. #d6ecfe
  10. #ebf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33a0fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33a0fa
  2. #3b9dee
  3. #429ae2
  4. #4a96d5
  5. #5293c9
  6. #5a90bd
  7. #618db1
  8. #698aa5
  9. #718698
  10. #78838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9dc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #75a5fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5893f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #61a3fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b98f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33a0fa {
  color: #33a0fa;
}
Background
.bg-33a0fa {
  background-color: #33a0fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33a0fa {
  border: 2px solid #33a0fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33a0fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 160 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 95% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33a0fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33a0fa, #333cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33a0fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 160 250 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.74 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.20 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.57 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.98 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.61 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.05 #cc5f05 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#33a0fa  rgb(51, 160, 250)  hsl(207, 95%, 59%)  Carolina Blue
#fa8d33  rgb(250, 141, 51)  hsl(27, 95%, 59%)  Cadmium Orange
#fa33a0  rgb(250, 51, 160)  hsl(327, 95%, 59%)  Persian Rose
#a0fa33  rgb(160, 250, 51)  hsl(87, 95%, 59%)  Green Yellow