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Recognised as Colour

#33CAB4

  • #33CAB4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#33CAB4 is a cyan with RGB values 51, 202, 180 and HSL 171°, 60%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#33CAB4#33CAB4
HEX#33CAB4
RGBrgb(51, 202, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.7922, 0.7059
RGB percentages20%, 79.2%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(171.3, 59.7%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.3, 74.8%, 79.2%)
CMYK74.8%, 0%, 10.9%, 20.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,394,228
CSS custom property--colour: #33CAB4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4624WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.25:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.25:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#CC354B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1BEB3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADAFB6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.25:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Light seagreen · ΔE 11.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.9Aquamarine · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.53, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CA3349
Analogous#33CA69, #3394CA
Triadic#B433CA, #CAB433
Split complementary#CA3394, #CA6933
Tetradic#6933CA, #CA3349, #94CA33

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5F4F0
Lighter +30%#ACEAE1
Lighter +20%#83E0D2
Lighter +10%#5BD5C4
Darker −10%#29A190
Darker −20%#1E796B
Darker −30%#145047
Darker −40%#0A2723
More saturated +25%#13EACA
Less saturated −25%#53AA9E

Channel breakdown

R51
G202
B180
Red51 (20%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue171.26°
Saturation (HSL)59.68%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 33 · G CA · B B4

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