#33aaaa

Color #33aaaa

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 6.96 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#33aaaa

RGB

rgb(51, 170, 170)

HSL

hsl(180, 53.8%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 70%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(70%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(63.63, -31.7, -9.5)

LCH

lch(63.63, 33.09, 196.68)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.102, 195)

HWB

hwb(180, 20%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa3333

Analogous

#33aa6e

#33aaaa

#336eaa

Triadic

#33aaaa

#aa33aa

#aaaa33

Split-complementary

#33aaaa

#aa336e

#aa6e33

Tetradic

#33aaaa

#3333aa

#aa3333

#aaaa33

Square

#33aaaa

#6e33aa

#aa3333

#6eaa33

Shades

Color #33aaaa mixed toward black.

#2b8e8e

#227171

#1a5555

#113939

#091c1c

Tints

Color #33aaaa mixed toward white.

#46c7c7

#6bd2d2

#90dede

#b5e9e9

#daf4f4

Tones

Color #33aaaa mixed toward gray.

#3da0a0

#479696

#518c8c

#5b8282

#657878

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.47:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.47:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797aaa · ΔE 30.2

Deuteranopia

#736aaa · ΔE 34.7

Tritanopia

#40aaaa · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #33aaaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#33aaaa]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#33aaaa (#33aaaa) is rgb(51, 170, 170) in RGB.

No, #33aaaa 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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