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#33CFEB — Vivid Teal

#33CFEB is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Turquoise (#40E0D0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: turquoise (#40E0D0) — not an exact match. CSS turquoise gives you #40E0D0, a different color; use #33CFEB when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#33CFEB is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EB4E33; it also sits naturally between #33EBAA and #3373EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#33CFEB · RGB 51, 207, 235

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Color values

HEX#33CFEB
RGB51, 207, 235
HSL189°, 82%, 56%
HSV189°, 78%, 92%
CMYK78%, 12%, 0%, 8%
XYZ38.67, 51.33, 86.47
Yxy51.33, 0.2192, 0.2909
CIE-Lab76.88, -29.83, -25.07
Hunter Lab71.64, -25.59, -26.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 20% · Green 81% · Blue 92%

Cyan 78% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 0% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #33CFEB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #33CFEB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #33CFEB

.text { color: #33CFEB; }
.background { background-color: #33CFEB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #33CFEB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(51, 207, 235); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(189, 82%, 56%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #33CFEB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(51, 207, 235, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #33CFEB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(51, 207, 235, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#33CFEB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#33CFEB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #33CFEB

#1CCAE9#15B9D5#12A1BA#108CA2#0E788B#0B6474#09505D#063841#04242A#021013

Tints of #33CFEB

#45D4ED#58D8EE#6ADCF0#7DE1F2#90E5F4#A2E9F6#B5EEF8#C7F2F9#DAF6FB#ECFBFD

Tones of #33CFEB

#40C6DD#4DBDD1#5AB4C4#68AAB6#75A1A9#81989C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EB4E33:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.86:1 Fails
Against black text11.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #33CFEB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #33CFEB

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #33CFEB: ·

How #33CFEB looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7778E4Deuteranopia · #6E62E3Tritanopia · #3BDFDE

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap info · #0DCAF0Tailwind sky 500 · #0EA5E9Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #33CFEB rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Cascade
#21E586 · #168672 · #30CFE6 · #2693E8
Vintage Ruby Voyage
#CA2E1B · #E43F35 · #2DCFE3 · #AFDCEF
Burning Horizon
#1082B7 · #37DBED · #EB5F1D · #F3BBAE
Palette Ffb84c
#FFB84C · #F266AB · #A459D1 · #2CD3E1
Wild Breeze
#2F1D12 · #2AD0F8 · #EA46FC · #1A2EFB
Electric Ruby Opal
#68E7A9 · #3ED5E1 · #3167C8 · #856CE5

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#30CFE6#2DCFE3#37DBED#2CD3E1#2AD0F8#3ED5E1#2BCDDD#3DC2EC#3EDBF0#35C2E0#36E0EB#2BDEE8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #33CFEA  ·  #33CFEC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #33CFEB?

#33CFEB is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 51, 207, 235). Its closest standard named color is Turquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #33CFEB?

#33CFEB is RGB 51, 207, 235 — HSL 189°, 82%, 56% — CMYK 78%, 12%, 0%, 8%.

What colors go with #33CFEB?

Its complement is #EB4E33; analogous partners are #33EBAA and #3373EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #33CFEB for text?

Black text on #33CFEB has a contrast ratio of 11.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.86:1.