HEX Color #33BDF0 (Deepskyblue)

About #33BDF0

The precise color #33BDF0 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Deepskyblue. Its digital footprint relies on 51 parts red, 189 parts green, and 240 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). Its ink density profile breaks down to 79% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow, and 6% black. The HSL representation is 196.2° hue, 86.3% saturation, and 57.1% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#33BDF0

RGB51, 189, 240

HSL196.2°, 86.3%, 57.1%

CMYK79%, 21%, 0%, 6%

HSV196.2°, 78.8%, 94.1%

LAB71.8, -19.2, -35.6

XYZ35.3, 43.4, 89.0

Decimal3390960

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#33BDF0 #F06632

Analogous

#32F0C4 #325EF0

Triadic

#F032BC #BCF032

Tetradic

#C432F0 #F06632 #5EF032

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#33BDF0

#49C4F1

#60CBF3

#77D3F5

#8DDAF6

#A4E1F8

#BBE9FA

#D1F0FB

#E8F7FD

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#33BDF0

#2DA8D5

#2793BA

#227EA0

#1C6985

#16546A

#113F50

#0B2A35

#05151A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.17:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.68:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.07:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.23:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #33BDF0; }

.text-color { color: #33BDF0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #33BDF0; }

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Deepskyblue

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