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#33AEC6

#33aec6 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33aec6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 68.24% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.24% cyan, 12.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 189.8°, with 59.04% saturation and 48.82% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.78.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3505

Complementary

  1. #33aec6
  2. #c64b33

Split complementary

  1. #33aec6
  2. #c63364
  3. #c69533

Analogous

  1. #33c695
  2. #33aec6
  3. #3364c6

Triadic

  1. #33aec6
  2. #c633ae
  3. #aec633

Tetradic

  1. #33aec6
  2. #4b33c6
  3. #c64b33
  4. #aec633

Square

  1. #33aec6
  2. #9533c6
  3. #c64b33
  4. #64c633

Monochromatic

  1. #14434c
  2. #237989
  3. #33aec6
  4. #6cc7d9
  5. #a9dee9

Shades

#33aec6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33aec6
  2. #2e9db2
  3. #298b9e
  4. #247a8b
  5. #1f6877
  6. #1a5763
  7. #14464f
  8. #0f343b
  9. #0a2328
  10. #051114
  11. #000000

Tints

#33aec6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33aec6
  2. #47b6cc
  3. #5cbed1
  4. #70c6d7
  5. #85cedd
  6. #99d7e3
  7. #addfe8
  8. #c2e7ee
  9. #d6eff4
  10. #ebf7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33aec6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33aec6
  2. #3ba9bf
  3. #42a5b8
  4. #4aa0b1
  5. #529caa
  6. #5a97a3
  7. #61929c
  8. #698e95
  9. #71898e
  10. #788587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a6b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da8c7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8899c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80abc7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #70a2c6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33aec6 {
  color: #33aec6;
}
Background
.bg-33aec6 {
  background-color: #33aec6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33aec6 {
  border: 2px solid #33aec6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33aec6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 174 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 59% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33aec6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33aec6, #3364c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33aec6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 174 198 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.78 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.39 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.13 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.68 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 11.36 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.53 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 11.60 #cc5139 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#33aec6  rgb(51, 174, 198)  hsl(190, 59%, 49%)  Moonstone Blue
#c64b33  rgb(198, 75, 51)  hsl(10, 59%, 49%)  Cinnabar
#c633ae  rgb(198, 51, 174)  hsl(310, 59%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#aec633  rgb(174, 198, 51)  hsl(70, 59%, 49%)  Yellow Green