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#33A2EA

#33a2ea ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33a2ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 63.53% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.21% cyan, 30.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 203.61°, with 81.33% saturation and 55.88% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 3.26.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3248

Complementary

  1. #33a2ea
  2. #ea7b33

Split complementary

  1. #33a2ea
  2. #ea3346
  3. #ead733

Analogous

  1. #33ead7
  2. #33a2ea
  3. #3346ea

Triadic

  1. #33a2ea
  2. #ea33a2
  3. #a2ea33

Tetradic

  1. #33a2ea
  2. #7b33ea
  3. #ea7b33
  4. #a2ea33

Square

  1. #33a2ea
  2. #d733ea
  3. #ea7b33
  4. #46ea33

Monochromatic

  1. #0c4d78
  2. #137abd
  3. #33a2ea
  4. #78c2f1
  5. #bee1f8

Shades

#33a2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33a2ea
  2. #2e92d3
  3. #2982bb
  4. #2471a4
  5. #1f618c
  6. #1a5175
  7. #14415e
  8. #0f3146
  9. #0a202f
  10. #051017
  11. #000000

Tints

#33a2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33a2ea
  2. #47abec
  3. #5cb5ee
  4. #70bef0
  5. #85c7f2
  6. #99d1f5
  7. #addaf7
  8. #c2e3f9
  9. #d6ecfb
  10. #ebf6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33a2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33a2ea
  2. #3b9fdf
  3. #429bd5
  4. #4a98ca
  5. #5294c0
  6. #5a91b5
  7. #618eaa
  8. #698aa0
  9. #718795
  10. #78838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9dbf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80a4ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6793e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa3ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5799e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00add0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33a2ea {
  color: #33a2ea;
}
Background
.bg-33a2ea {
  background-color: #33a2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33a2ea {
  border: 2px solid #33a2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33a2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 162 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33a2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33a2ea, #3346ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33a2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 162 234 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 3.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.95 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 7.38 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.36 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.50 #cc5d15 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#33a2ea  rgb(51, 162, 234)  hsl(204, 81%, 56%)  Carolina Blue
#ea7b33  rgb(234, 123, 51)  hsl(24, 81%, 56%)  Pumpkin
#ea33a2  rgb(234, 51, 162)  hsl(324, 81%, 56%)  Persian Rose
#a2ea33  rgb(162, 234, 51)  hsl(84, 81%, 56%)  Inchworm