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#33B979

#33b979 ≈ Medium Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#33b979 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 72.55% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 34.59% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 151.34°, with 56.78% saturation and 46.27% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Sea Green (#3cb371), ΔE 1.98.

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Web safe#33cc66
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Relative luminance0.3678

Complementary

  1. #33b979
  2. #b93373

Split complementary

  1. #33b979
  2. #b933b6
  3. #b93633

Analogous

  1. #33b936
  2. #33b979
  3. #33b6b9

Triadic

  1. #33b979
  2. #7933b9
  3. #b97933

Tetradic

  1. #33b979
  2. #3373b9
  3. #b93373
  4. #b97933

Square

  1. #33b979
  2. #3633b9
  3. #b93373
  4. #b6b933

Monochromatic

  1. #12412b
  2. #227d52
  3. #33b979
  4. #64d49f
  5. #a0e5c4

Shades

#33b979 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33b979
  2. #2ea76d
  3. #299461
  4. #248255
  5. #1f6f49
  6. #1a5d3d
  7. #144a30
  8. #0f3824
  9. #0a2518
  10. #05130c
  11. #000000

Tints

#33b979 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33b979
  2. #47c086
  3. #5cc794
  4. #70cea1
  5. #85d5af
  6. #99dcbc
  7. #ade3c9
  8. #c2ead7
  9. #d6f1e4
  10. #ebf8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33b979 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33b979
  2. #3bb37a
  3. #42ae7a
  4. #4aa87b
  5. #52a27c
  6. #5a9d7d
  7. #61977d
  8. #69917e
  9. #718b7f
  10. #78867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85ac94 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8aa75 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a79f7d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95b077 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88aa7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b898 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33b979 {
  color: #33b979;
}
Background
.bg-33b979 {
  background-color: #33b979;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33b979 {
  border: 2px solid #33b979;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33b979;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 185 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 151 57% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33b979 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33b979, #33b6b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33b979 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 185 121 / 0.35);
}

#3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 1.98 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.80 #00a86b Jade ΔE 5.27 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 5.29 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.66 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.47 #009e60 Shamrock Green ΔE 8.32 #cc4686 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Medium Sea Green
#33b979  rgb(51, 185, 121)  hsl(151, 57%, 46%)  Medium Sea Green
#b93373  rgb(185, 51, 115)  hsl(331, 57%, 46%)  Telemagenta
#7933b9  rgb(121, 51, 185)  hsl(271, 57%, 46%)  Purple Heart
#b97933  rgb(185, 121, 51)  hsl(31, 57%, 46%)  Copper