#33859f

Color #33859f

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 16.41 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#33859f

RGB

rgb(51, 133, 159)

HSL

hsl(194.4, 51.4%, 41.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.4, 67.9%, 62.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.9%, 16.4%, 0%, 37.6%)

LAB

lab(51.81, -16.18, -21.13)

LCH

lch(51.81, 26.61, 232.56)

OKLCH

oklch(57.8%, 0.0873, 222.49)

HWB

hwb(194.4, 20%, 37.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f4d33

Analogous

#339f83

#33859f

#334f9f

Triadic

#33859f

#9f3385

#859f33

Split-complementary

#33859f

#9f334f

#9f8333

Tetradic

#33859f

#4d339f

#9f4d33

#859f33

Square

#33859f

#83339f

#9f4d33

#4f9f33

Shades

Color #33859f mixed toward black.

#2b6f85

#22596a

#1a4350

#112c35

#09161b

Tints

Color #33859f mixed toward white.

#42a3c2

#68b6ce

#8dc8db

#b3dae7

#d9edf3

Tones

Color #33859f mixed toward gray.

#3c8096

#457c8d

#4e7784

#57727b

#606e72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616299 · ΔE 22.3

Deuteranopia

#5d5698 · ΔE 24.7

Tritanopia

#3b9493 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #33859f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#33859f]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#33859f (#33859f) is rgb(51, 133, 159) in RGB.

No, #33859f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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