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#33BFEA

#33bfea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33bfea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 74.9% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.21% cyan, 18.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 194.1°, with 81.33% saturation and 55.88% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.9.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4391

Complementary

  1. #33bfea
  2. #ea5e33

Split complementary

  1. #33bfea
  2. #ea3363
  3. #eab933

Analogous

  1. #33eab9
  2. #33bfea
  3. #3363ea

Triadic

  1. #33bfea
  2. #ea33bf
  3. #bfea33

Tetradic

  1. #33bfea
  2. #5e33ea
  3. #ea5e33
  4. #bfea33

Square

  1. #33bfea
  2. #b933ea
  3. #ea5e33
  4. #63ea33

Monochromatic

  1. #0c5e78
  2. #1395bd
  3. #33bfea
  4. #78d5f1
  5. #beebf8

Shades

#33bfea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33bfea
  2. #2eacd3
  3. #2999bb
  4. #2486a4
  5. #1f738c
  6. #1a6075
  7. #144c5e
  8. #0f3946
  9. #0a262f
  10. #051317
  11. #000000

Tints

#33bfea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33bfea
  2. #47c5ec
  3. #5cccee
  4. #70d2f0
  5. #85d9f2
  6. #99dff5
  7. #ade5f7
  8. #c2ecf9
  9. #d6f2fb
  10. #ebf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33bfea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33bfea
  2. #3bb9df
  3. #42b2d5
  4. #4aacca
  5. #52a6c0
  6. #5aa0b5
  7. #6199aa
  8. #6993a0
  9. #718d95
  10. #78868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb7ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7bbec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa9ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cccd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87bceb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75b2ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33bfea {
  color: #33bfea;
}
Background
.bg-33bfea {
  background-color: #33bfea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33bfea {
  border: 2px solid #33bfea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33bfea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 191 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33bfea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33bfea, #3363ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33bfea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 191 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.90 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.32 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.57 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.30 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.75 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.86 #cc4015 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#33bfea  rgb(51, 191, 234)  hsl(194, 81%, 56%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea5e33  rgb(234, 94, 51)  hsl(14, 81%, 56%)  Flame
#ea33bf  rgb(234, 51, 191)  hsl(314, 81%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#bfea33  rgb(191, 234, 51)  hsl(74, 81%, 56%)  Pear