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#33B9AE

#33b9ae ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33b9ae is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 72.55% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.95% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 175.07°, with 56.78% saturation and 46.27% 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 8.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.31.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.3846

Complementary

  1. #33b9ae
  2. #b9333e

Split complementary

  1. #33b9ae
  2. #b93381
  3. #b96b33

Analogous

  1. #33b96b
  2. #33b9ae
  3. #3381b9

Triadic

  1. #33b9ae
  2. #ae33b9
  3. #b9ae33

Tetradic

  1. #33b9ae
  2. #333eb9
  3. #b9333e
  4. #b9ae33

Square

  1. #33b9ae
  2. #6b33b9
  3. #b9333e
  4. #81b933

Monochromatic

  1. #12413d
  2. #227d76
  3. #33b9ae
  4. #64d4cb
  5. #a0e5df

Shades

#33b9ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33b9ae
  2. #2ea79d
  3. #29948b
  4. #24827a
  5. #1f6f68
  6. #1a5d57
  7. #144a46
  8. #0f3834
  9. #0a2523
  10. #051311
  11. #000000

Tints

#33b9ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33b9ae
  2. #47c0b6
  3. #5cc7be
  4. #70cec6
  5. #85d5ce
  6. #99dcd7
  7. #ade3df
  8. #c2eae7
  9. #d6f1ef
  10. #ebf8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33b9ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33b9ae
  2. #3bb3a9
  3. #42aea5
  4. #4aa8a0
  5. #52a29c
  6. #5a9d97
  7. #619792
  8. #69918e
  9. #718b89
  10. #788685
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87aeaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afafae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca1af ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eb3ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fabaf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bcb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33b9ae {
  color: #33b9ae;
}
Background
.bg-33b9ae {
  background-color: #33b9ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33b9ae {
  border: 2px solid #33b9ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33b9ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 185 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 57% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33b9ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33b9ae, #3381b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33b9ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 185 174 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.31 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 2.40 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.93 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.44 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.70 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.82 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.47 #cc4651 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#33b9ae  rgb(51, 185, 174)  hsl(175, 57%, 46%)  Light Sea Green
#b9333e  rgb(185, 51, 62)  hsl(355, 57%, 46%)  Cardinal
#ae33b9  rgb(174, 51, 185)  hsl(295, 57%, 46%)  Purpureus
#b9ae33  rgb(185, 174, 51)  hsl(55, 57%, 46%)  Brass