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#33AEFF

#33aeff ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#33aeff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 68.24% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80% cyan, 31.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 203.82°, 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 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.85.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.382

Complementary

  1. #33aeff
  2. #ff8433

Split complementary

  1. #33aeff
  2. #ff3348
  3. #ffea33

Analogous

  1. #33ffea
  2. #33aeff
  3. #3348ff

Triadic

  1. #33aeff
  2. #ff33ae
  3. #aeff33

Tetradic

  1. #33aeff
  2. #8433ff
  3. #ff8433
  4. #aeff33

Square

  1. #33aeff
  2. #ea33ff
  3. #ff8433
  4. #48ff33

Monochromatic

  1. #005c99
  2. #008ae6
  3. #33aeff
  4. #80ccff
  5. #ccebff

Shades

#33aeff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33aeff
  2. #2e9de6
  3. #298bcc
  4. #247ab3
  5. #1f6899
  6. #1a5780
  7. #144666
  8. #0f344d
  9. #0a2333
  10. #05111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#33aeff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33aeff
  2. #47b6ff
  3. #5cbeff
  4. #70c6ff
  5. #85ceff
  6. #99d7ff
  7. #addfff
  8. #c2e7ff
  9. #d6efff
  10. #ebf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33aeff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33aeff
  2. #3ba9f2
  3. #42a5e6
  4. #4aa0d9
  5. #529ccc
  6. #5a97c0
  7. #6192b3
  8. #698ea6
  9. #718999
  10. #78858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a9d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9efd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70afff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5aa5fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bae2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33aeff {
  color: #33aeff;
}
Background
.bg-33aeff {
  background-color: #33aeff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33aeff {
  border: 2px solid #33aeff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33aeff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 174 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 100% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33aeff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33aeff, #3348ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33aeff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 174 255 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.85 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.56 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.79 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.28 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.93 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.45 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.91 #cc5100 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#33aeff  rgb(51, 174, 255)  hsl(204, 100%, 60%)  Carolina Blue
#ff8433  rgb(255, 132, 51)  hsl(24, 100%, 60%)  Pumpkin
#ff33ae  rgb(255, 51, 174)  hsl(324, 100%, 60%)  Persian Rose
#aeff33  rgb(174, 255, 51)  hsl(84, 100%, 60%)  Green Yellow