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Recognised as Colour

#33BBAA

  • #33BBAA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#33BBAA is a cyan with RGB values 51, 187, 170 and HSL 173°, 57%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#33BBAA#33BBAA
HEX#33BBAA
HEX (short)#3BA
RGBrgb(51, 187, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.7333, 0.6667
RGB percentages20%, 73.3%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(172.5, 57.1%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 72.7%, 73.3%)
CMYK72.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,390,378
CSS custom property--colour: #33BBAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39147WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.83:1
Contrast with white2.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#CC4455

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B0A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA2ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.38:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2Turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark cyan · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB3344
Analogous#33BB66, #3388BB
Triadic#AA33BB, #BBAA33
Split complementary#BB3388, #BB6633
Tetradic#6633BB, #BB3344, #88BB33

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAF0EC
Lighter +30%#A2E5DD
Lighter +20%#79DBCE
Lighter +10%#51D0C0
Darker −10%#289386
Darker −20%#1D6B61
Darker −30%#12433D
Darker −40%#071B18
More saturated +25%#15D9C0
Less saturated −25%#519D94

Channel breakdown

R51
G187
B170
Red51 (20%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue172.5°
Saturation (HSL)57.14%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 33 · G BB · B AA

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