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#33A2FF

#33a2ff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#33a2ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 63.53% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80% cyan, 36.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 207.35°, with 100% saturation and 60% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.08.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3376

Complementary

  1. #33a2ff
  2. #ff9033

Split complementary

  1. #33a2ff
  2. #ff333c
  3. #fff633

Analogous

  1. #33fff6
  2. #33a2ff
  3. #333cff

Triadic

  1. #33a2ff
  2. #ff33a2
  3. #a2ff33

Tetradic

  1. #33a2ff
  2. #9033ff
  3. #ff9033
  4. #a2ff33

Square

  1. #33a2ff
  2. #f633ff
  3. #ff9033
  4. #3cff33

Monochromatic

  1. #005399
  2. #007de6
  3. #33a2ff
  4. #80c5ff
  5. #cce8ff

Shades

#33a2ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33a2ff
  2. #2e92e6
  3. #2982cc
  4. #2471b3
  5. #1f6199
  6. #1a5180
  7. #144166
  8. #0f314d
  9. #0a2033
  10. #05101a
  11. #000000

Tints

#33a2ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33a2ff
  2. #47abff
  3. #5cb5ff
  4. #70beff
  5. #85c7ff
  6. #99d1ff
  7. #addaff
  8. #c2e3ff
  9. #d6ecff
  10. #ebf6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33a2ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33a2ff
  2. #3b9ff2
  3. #429be6
  4. #4a98d9
  5. #5294cc
  6. #5a91c0
  7. #618eb3
  8. #698aa6
  9. #718799
  10. #78838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809fcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #76a7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5795fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #62a5ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4b9afe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33a2ff {
  color: #33a2ff;
}
Background
.bg-33a2ff {
  background-color: #33a2ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33a2ff {
  border: 2px solid #33a2ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33a2ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 162 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 100% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33a2ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33a2ff, #333cff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33a2ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 162 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.08 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.22 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 7.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.36 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.55 #cc5d00 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#33a2ff  rgb(51, 162, 255)  hsl(207, 100%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ff9033  rgb(255, 144, 51)  hsl(27, 100%, 60%)  Dark Orange
#ff33a2  rgb(255, 51, 162)  hsl(327, 100%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#a2ff33  rgb(162, 255, 51)  hsl(87, 100%, 60%)  Green Yellow