Recognised as Colour

#33E5CE

#33E5CE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#33E5CE is a cyan with RGB values 51, 229, 206 and HSL 172°, 77%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#33E5CE#33E5CE

HEX#33E5CE

RGBrgb(51, 229, 206)

RGB (0–1)0.2, 0.898, 0.8078

RGB percentages20%, 89.8%, 80.8%

HSLhsl(172.2, 77.4%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 77.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK77.7%, 0%, 10%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,401,166

CSS custom property--colour: #33E5CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61199WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness190.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.24:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#CC1A31

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DAD7CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C6D0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.1 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.3 Aqua · ΔE 15.5 Cyan · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.13, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E5334A

Analogous#33E575, #33A3E5

Triadic#CE33E5, #E5CE33

Split complementary#E533A3, #E57533

Tetradic#7533E5, #E5334A, #A3E533

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E8FCF9

Lighter +30%#BBF6EF

Lighter +20%#8DF1E4

Lighter +10%#60EBD9

Darker −10%#1ACBB4

Darker −20%#149E8C

Darker −30%#0E7164

Darker −40%#09433C

More saturated +25%#19FFE1

Less saturated −25%#50C8B9

Channel breakdown

R51

G229

B206

Red51 (20%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue206 (80.8%)

Hue172.25°

Saturation (HSL)77.39%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 33 · G E5 · B CE

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Colour values

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