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#33ABFF

#33abff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#33abff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 67.06% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80% cyan, 32.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 204.71°, 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 8.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.47.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3705

Complementary

  1. #33abff
  2. #ff8733

Split complementary

  1. #33abff
  2. #ff3345
  3. #ffed33

Analogous

  1. #33ffed
  2. #33abff
  3. #3345ff

Triadic

  1. #33abff
  2. #ff33ab
  3. #abff33

Tetradic

  1. #33abff
  2. #8733ff
  3. #ff8733
  4. #abff33

Square

  1. #33abff
  2. #ed33ff
  3. #ff8733
  4. #45ff33

Monochromatic

  1. #005a99
  2. #0087e6
  3. #33abff
  4. #80caff
  5. #cceaff

Shades

#33abff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33abff
  2. #2e9ae6
  3. #2989cc
  4. #2478b3
  5. #1f6799
  6. #1a5680
  7. #144466
  8. #0f334d
  9. #0a2233
  10. #05111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#33abff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33abff
  2. #47b3ff
  3. #5cbcff
  4. #70c4ff
  5. #85cdff
  6. #99d5ff
  7. #adddff
  8. #c2e6ff
  9. #d6eeff
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33abff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33abff
  2. #3ba7f2
  3. #42a2e6
  4. #4a9ed9
  5. #529acc
  6. #5a96c0
  7. #6191b3
  8. #698da6
  9. #718999
  10. #78848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a7cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #679cfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6cadff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #56a2fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8e1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33abff {
  color: #33abff;
}
Background
.bg-33abff {
  background-color: #33abff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33abff {
  border: 2px solid #33abff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33abff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 171 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 100% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33abff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33abff, #3345ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33abff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 171 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.50 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 8.89 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.11 #cc5400 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#33abff  rgb(51, 171, 255)  hsl(205, 100%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ff8733  rgb(255, 135, 51)  hsl(25, 100%, 60%)  Pumpkin
#ff33ab  rgb(255, 51, 171)  hsl(325, 100%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#abff33  rgb(171, 255, 51)  hsl(85, 100%, 60%)  Green Yellow