Recognised as Colour

#33BBD5

#33BBD5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#33BBD5 is a cyan with RGB values 51, 187, 213 and HSL 190°, 66%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#33BBD5#33BBD5

HEX#33BBD5

RGBrgb(51, 187, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.7333, 0.8353

RGB percentages20%, 73.3%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(189.6, 65.9%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.6, 76.1%, 83.5%)

CMYK76.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,390,421

CSS custom property--colour: #33BBD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41049WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness162.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.21:1

Contrast with white2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0

Inverted#CC442A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8B5D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#92A5D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C5C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.5 Cadetblue · ΔE 19.7 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.18, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D54D33

Analogous#33D59E, #336AD5

Triadic#D533BB, #BBD533

Split complementary#D5336A, #D59E33

Tetradic#9E33D5, #D54D33, #6AD533

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DCF3F8

Lighter +30%#B2E5EF

Lighter +20%#88D7E6

Lighter +10%#5DC9DE

Darker −10%#249AB1

Darker −20%#1C7586

Darker −30%#13505C

Darker −40%#0A2B32

More saturated +25%#14D0F4

Less saturated −25%#52A6B6

Channel breakdown

R51

G187

B213

Red51 (20%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue189.63°

Saturation (HSL)65.85%

Lightness51.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 33 · G BB · B D5

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Colour values

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