#33b5c6

Color #33b5c6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 14.55 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#33b5c6

RGB

rgb(51, 181, 198)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 59%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 74.2%, 77.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 22.4%)

LAB

lab(67.89, -28.6, -18.63)

LCH

lch(67.89, 34.13, 213.08)

OKLCH

oklch(71.2%, 0.1103, 208.01)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 20%, 22.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c64433

Analogous

#33c68d

#33b5c6

#336cc6

Triadic

#33b5c6

#c633b5

#b5c633

Split-complementary

#33b5c6

#c6336c

#c68d33

Tetradic

#33b5c6

#4433c6

#c64433

#b5c633

Square

#33b5c6

#8d33c6

#c64433

#6cc633

Shades

Color #33b5c6 mixed toward black.

#2b97a5

#227984

#1a5a63

#113c42

#091e21

Tints

Color #33b5c6 mixed toward white.

#52c4d2

#75d0db

#97dbe4

#bae7ed

#dcf3f6

Tones

Color #33b5c6 mixed toward gray.

#3facba

#4ba2ad

#5899a1

#648f95

#708689

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182c2 · ΔE 29

Deuteranopia

#7a70c1 · ΔE 33.2

Tritanopia

#42bfbe · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #33b5c6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#33b5c6]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#33b5c6 (#33b5c6) is rgb(51, 181, 198) in RGB.

No, #33b5c6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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