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#33C4EA

#33c4ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33c4ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 76.86% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.21% cyan, 16.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 192.46°, 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 10.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.68.

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Relative luminance0.4612

Complementary

  1. #33c4ea
  2. #ea5933

Split complementary

  1. #33c4ea
  2. #ea3368
  3. #eab433

Analogous

  1. #33eab4
  2. #33c4ea
  3. #3368ea

Triadic

  1. #33c4ea
  2. #ea33c4
  3. #c4ea33

Tetradic

  1. #33c4ea
  2. #5933ea
  3. #ea5933
  4. #c4ea33

Square

  1. #33c4ea
  2. #b433ea
  3. #ea5933
  4. #68ea33

Monochromatic

  1. #0c6178
  2. #139abd
  3. #33c4ea
  4. #78d8f1
  5. #beecf8

Shades

#33c4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33c4ea
  2. #2eb0d3
  3. #299dbb
  4. #2489a4
  5. #1f768c
  6. #1a6275
  7. #144e5e
  8. #0f3b46
  9. #0a272f
  10. #051417
  11. #000000

Tints

#33c4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33c4ea
  2. #47caec
  3. #5cd0ee
  4. #70d6f0
  5. #85dcf2
  6. #99e2f5
  7. #ade7f7
  8. #c2edf9
  9. #d6f3fb
  10. #ebf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33c4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33c4ea
  2. #3bbddf
  3. #42b6d5
  4. #4ab0ca
  5. #52a9c0
  6. #5aa2b5
  7. #619baa
  8. #6994a0
  9. #718e95
  10. #78878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93bbcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #adbfec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95adea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d0d0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cc1eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ab7ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cbdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33c4ea {
  color: #33c4ea;
}
Background
.bg-33c4ea {
  background-color: #33c4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33c4ea {
  border: 2px solid #33c4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33c4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 196 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33c4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33c4ea, #3368ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33c4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 196 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.68 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.82 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.35 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.71 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.67 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.39 #cc3b15 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#33c4ea  rgb(51, 196, 234)  hsl(192, 81%, 56%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea5933  rgb(234, 89, 51)  hsl(12, 81%, 56%)  Flame
#ea33c4  rgb(234, 51, 196)  hsl(312, 81%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#c4ea33  rgb(196, 234, 51)  hsl(72, 81%, 56%)  Pear