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#33CEEA

#33ceea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#33ceea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 80.78% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.21% cyan, 11.97% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 189.18°, 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 11.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.54.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.5079

Complementary

  1. #33ceea
  2. #ea4f33

Split complementary

  1. #33ceea
  2. #ea3372
  3. #eaaa33

Analogous

  1. #33eaaa
  2. #33ceea
  3. #3372ea

Triadic

  1. #33ceea
  2. #ea33ce
  3. #ceea33

Tetradic

  1. #33ceea
  2. #4f33ea
  3. #ea4f33
  4. #ceea33

Square

  1. #33ceea
  2. #aa33ea
  3. #ea4f33
  4. #72ea33

Monochromatic

  1. #0c6778
  2. #13a3bd
  3. #33ceea
  4. #78dff1
  5. #beeff8

Shades

#33ceea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #33ceea
  2. #2eb9d3
  3. #29a5bb
  4. #2490a4
  5. #1f7c8c
  6. #1a6775
  7. #14525e
  8. #0f3e46
  9. #0a292f
  10. #051517
  11. #000000

Tints

#33ceea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #33ceea
  2. #47d3ec
  3. #5cd8ee
  4. #70ddf0
  5. #85e2f2
  6. #99e7f5
  7. #adebf7
  8. #c2f0f9
  9. #d6f5fb
  10. #ebfafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#33ceea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #33ceea
  2. #3bc6df
  3. #42bed5
  4. #4ab7ca
  5. #52afc0
  6. #5aa7b5
  7. #619faa
  8. #6997a0
  9. #719095
  10. #78888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99c4d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9c7ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1b5ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96caeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83c0ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d5df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-33ceea {
  color: #33ceea;
}
Background
.bg-33ceea {
  background-color: #33ceea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-33ceea {
  border: 2px solid #33ceea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #33ceea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 206 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-33ceea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #33ceea, #3372ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-33ceea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 206 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.54 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.46 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.88 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.93 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.55 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.64 #cc3115 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#33ceea  rgb(51, 206, 234)  hsl(189, 81%, 56%)  Sky Blue
#ea4f33  rgb(234, 79, 51)  hsl(9, 81%, 56%)  Cinnabar
#ea33ce  rgb(234, 51, 206)  hsl(309, 81%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#ceea33  rgb(206, 234, 51)  hsl(69, 81%, 56%)  Pear