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Recognised as Colour

#33C6EB

  • #33C6EB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#33C6EB is a cyan with RGB values 51, 198, 235 and HSL 192°, 82%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#33C6EB#33C6EB
HEX#33C6EB
RGBrgb(51, 198, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.7765, 0.9216
RGB percentages20%, 77.6%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(192.1, 82.1%, 56.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.1, 78.3%, 92.2%)
CMYK78.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,393,259
CSS custom property--colour: #33C6EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.42:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#CC3914

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFC1EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#97AFEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14Light skyblue · ΔE 15.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.1Light blue · ΔE 24.7
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.04, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB5833
Analogous#33EBB4, #336AEB
Triadic#EB33C6, #C6EB33
Split complementary#EB336A, #EBB433
Tetradic#B433EB, #EB5833, #6AEB33

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EDFAFD
Lighter +30%#BEEDF9
Lighter +20%#90E0F4
Lighter +10%#61D3F0
Darker −10%#15AFD6
Darker −20%#1089A8
Darker −30%#0C6379
Darker −40%#073D4B
More saturated +25%#1FD2FF
Less saturated −25%#4FB5CF

Channel breakdown

R51
G198
B235
Red51 (20%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue192.07°
Saturation (HSL)82.14%
Lightness56.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 33 · G C6 · B EB

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