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Recognised as Colour

#33BBDC

  • #33BBDC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#33BBDC is a cyan with RGB values 51, 187, 220 and HSL 192°, 71%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#33BBDC#33BBDC
HEX#33BBDC
RGBrgb(51, 187, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.7333, 0.8627
RGB percentages20%, 73.3%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(191.7, 70.7%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.7, 76.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK76.8%, 15%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,390,428
CSS custom property--colour: #33BBDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41412WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.28:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#CC4423

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6B6DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8FA5DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.9Cadetblue · ΔE 22Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.26, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC5433
Analogous#33DCA8, #3367DC
Triadic#DC33BB, #BBDC33
Split complementary#DC3367, #DCA833
Tetradic#A833DC, #DC5433, #67DC33

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F5FA
Lighter +30%#B6E7F2
Lighter +20%#8AD8EB
Lighter +10%#5FCAE3
Darker −10%#209DBC
Darker −20%#197990
Darker −30%#115465
Darker −40%#0A3039
More saturated +25%#15CDFA
Less saturated −25%#51A9BE

Channel breakdown

R51
G187
B220
Red51 (20%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue191.72°
Saturation (HSL)70.71%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 33 · G BB · B DC

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