#33abab

Color #33abab

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 6.73 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#33abab

RGB

rgb(51, 171, 171)

HSL

hsl(180, 54.1%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 70.2%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.2%, 0%, 0%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(63.97, -31.89, -9.55)

LCH

lch(63.97, 33.29, 196.67)

OKLCH

oklch(67.8%, 0.1025, 194.99)

HWB

hwb(180, 20%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab3333

Analogous

#33ab6f

#33abab

#336fab

Triadic

#33abab

#ab33ab

#abab33

Split-complementary

#33abab

#ab336f

#ab6f33

Tetradic

#33abab

#3333ab

#ab3333

#abab33

Square

#33abab

#6f33ab

#ab3333

#6fab33

Shades

Color #33abab mixed toward black.

#2a8e8e

#227272

#195555

#113939

#081c1c

Tints

Color #33abab mixed toward white.

#46c8c8

#6bd3d3

#90dede

#b5e9e9

#daf4f4

Tones

Color #33abab mixed toward gray.

#3da1a1

#479797

#518d8d

#5b8383

#657979

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.55:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7bab · ΔE 30.2

Deuteranopia

#746aab · ΔE 35

Tritanopia

#40abab · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #33abab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#33abab]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#33abab (#33abab) is rgb(51, 171, 171) in RGB.

No, #33abab 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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