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#33AFDE

#33afde ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33afde is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 68.63% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.03% cyan, 21.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 196.49°, with 72.15% saturation and 53.53% 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 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.35.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3664

Complementary

  1. #33afde
  2. #de6233

Split complementary

  1. #33afde
  2. #de335a
  3. #deb733

Analogous

  1. #33deb7
  2. #33afde
  3. #335ade

Triadic

  1. #33afde
  2. #de33af
  3. #afde33

Tetradic

  1. #33afde
  2. #6233de
  3. #de6233
  4. #afde33

Square

  1. #33afde
  2. #b733de
  3. #de6233
  4. #5ade33

Monochromatic

  1. #114f67
  2. #1b82a9
  3. #33afde
  4. #75c9e9
  5. #b7e3f3

Shades

#33afde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33afde
  2. #2e9ec8
  3. #298cb2
  4. #247b9b
  5. #1f6985
  6. #1a586f
  7. #144659
  8. #0f3543
  9. #0a232c
  10. #051216
  11. #000000

Tints

#33afde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33afde
  2. #47b7e1
  3. #5cbfe5
  4. #70c7e8
  5. #85cfeb
  6. #99d7ef
  7. #addff2
  8. #c2e7f5
  9. #d6eff8
  10. #ebf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33afde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33afde
  2. #3baad5
  3. #42a6cb
  4. #4aa1c2
  5. #529cb8
  6. #5a98af
  7. #6193a6
  8. #698e9c
  9. #718993
  10. #788589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a8be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96ace0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #809cdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7baddf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #69a4de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33afde {
  color: #33afde;
}
Background
.bg-33afde {
  background-color: #33afde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33afde {
  border: 2px solid #33afde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33afde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 175 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 72% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33afde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33afde, #335ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33afde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 175 222 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.35 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.68 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.57 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.36 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.38 #cc5021 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#33afde  rgb(51, 175, 222)  hsl(196, 72%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#de6233  rgb(222, 98, 51)  hsl(16, 72%, 54%)  Flame
#de33af  rgb(222, 51, 175)  hsl(316, 72%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#afde33  rgb(175, 222, 51)  hsl(76, 72%, 54%)  June Bud