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#33AED8

#33aed8 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33aed8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 68.24% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.39% cyan, 19.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 195.27°, with 67.9% saturation and 52.35% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.48.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3593

Complementary

  1. #33aed8
  2. #d85d33

Split complementary

  1. #33aed8
  2. #d8335b
  3. #d8af33

Analogous

  1. #33d8af
  2. #33aed8
  3. #335bd8

Triadic

  1. #33aed8
  2. #d833ae
  3. #aed833

Tetradic

  1. #33aed8
  2. #5d33d8
  3. #d85d33
  4. #aed833

Square

  1. #33aed8
  2. #af33d8
  3. #d85d33
  4. #5bd833

Monochromatic

  1. #124c60
  2. #1f7fa0
  3. #33aed8
  4. #73c7e4
  5. #b3e1f1

Shades

#33aed8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33aed8
  2. #2e9dc2
  3. #298bad
  4. #247a97
  5. #1f6882
  6. #1a576c
  7. #144656
  8. #0f3441
  9. #0a232b
  10. #051116
  11. #000000

Tints

#33aed8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33aed8
  2. #47b6dc
  3. #5cbee0
  4. #70c6e4
  5. #85cee8
  6. #99d7ec
  7. #addfef
  8. #c2e7f3
  9. #d6eff7
  10. #ebf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33aed8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33aed8
  2. #3ba9cf
  3. #42a5c6
  4. #4aa0be
  5. #529cb5
  6. #5a97ac
  7. #6192a3
  8. #698e9a
  9. #718992
  10. #788589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a7ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97abda ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #819bd7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7bacd9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aa3d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33aed8 {
  color: #33aed8;
}
Background
.bg-33aed8 {
  background-color: #33aed8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33aed8 {
  border: 2px solid #33aed8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33aed8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 174 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 68% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33aed8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33aed8, #335bd8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33aed8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 174 216 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.48 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.48 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.34 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.50 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.61 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.47 #cc5127 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#33aed8  rgb(51, 174, 216)  hsl(195, 68%, 52%)  Moonstone Blue
#d85d33  rgb(216, 93, 51)  hsl(15, 68%, 52%)  Flame
#d833ae  rgb(216, 51, 174)  hsl(315, 68%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#aed833  rgb(174, 216, 51)  hsl(75, 68%, 52%)  June Bud