Colour

#33B9EA

#33B9EA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#33B9EA is a cyan with RGB values 51, 185, 234 and HSL 196°, 81%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#33B9EA#33B9EA

HEX#33B9EA

RGBrgb(51, 185, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.7255, 0.9176

RGB percentages20%, 72.5%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(196.1, 81.3%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 78.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK78.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,389,930

CSS custom property--colour: #33B9EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41342WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.27:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#CC4615

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9FB6ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#87A5E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00C7C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 13.8 Sky blue · ΔE 16.4 Steel blue · ΔE 23.5 Light steelblue · ΔE 27.4 Light blue · ΔE 27.8

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.47, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EA6433

Analogous#33EAC0, #335DEA

Triadic#EA33B9, #B9EA33

Split complementary#EA335D, #EAC033

Tetradic#C033EA, #EA6433, #5DEA33

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#ECF8FD

Lighter +30%#BEE9F8

Lighter +20%#8FD9F4

Lighter +10%#61C9EF

Darker −10%#16A1D4

Darker −20%#117EA6

Darker −30%#0C5B78

Darker −40%#083849

More saturated +25%#1EC3FF

Less saturated −25%#4FACCE

Channel breakdown

R51

G185

B234

Red51 (20%)

Green185 (72.5%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue196.07°

Saturation (HSL)81.33%

Lightness55.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 33 · G B9 · B EA

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