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#33C8EA

#33c8ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33c8ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.21% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 191.15°, 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 10.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.84.

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Relative luminance0.4795

Complementary

  1. #33c8ea
  2. #ea5533

Split complementary

  1. #33c8ea
  2. #ea336c
  3. #eab133

Analogous

  1. #33eab1
  2. #33c8ea
  3. #336cea

Triadic

  1. #33c8ea
  2. #ea33c8
  3. #c8ea33

Tetradic

  1. #33c8ea
  2. #5533ea
  3. #ea5533
  4. #c8ea33

Square

  1. #33c8ea
  2. #b133ea
  3. #ea5533
  4. #6cea33

Monochromatic

  1. #0c6478
  2. #139ebd
  3. #33c8ea
  4. #78dbf1
  5. #beedf8

Shades

#33c8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33c8ea
  2. #2eb4d3
  3. #29a0bb
  4. #248ca4
  5. #1f788c
  6. #1a6475
  7. #14505e
  8. #0f3c46
  9. #0a282f
  10. #051417
  11. #000000

Tints

#33c8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33c8ea
  2. #47ceec
  3. #5cd3ee
  4. #70d9f0
  5. #85def2
  6. #99e4f5
  7. #ade9f7
  8. #c2eff9
  9. #d6f4fb
  10. #ebfafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33c8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33c8ea
  2. #3bc1df
  3. #42bad5
  4. #4ab2ca
  5. #52abc0
  6. #5aa4b5
  7. #619daa
  8. #6996a0
  9. #718e95
  10. #78878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95bfce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c2ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab0ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d4d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90c4eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7dbaea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cfdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33c8ea {
  color: #33c8ea;
}
Background
.bg-33c8ea {
  background-color: #33c8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33c8ea {
  border: 2px solid #33c8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33c8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33c8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33c8ea, #336cea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33c8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.84 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.56 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.21 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.33 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.60 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.73 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.80 #cc3715 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#33c8ea  rgb(51, 200, 234)  hsl(191, 81%, 56%)  Sky Blue
#ea5533  rgb(234, 85, 51)  hsl(11, 81%, 56%)  Flame
#ea33c8  rgb(234, 51, 200)  hsl(311, 81%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#c8ea33  rgb(200, 234, 51)  hsl(71, 81%, 56%)  Pear