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#00AEE8

#00aee8 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aee8 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 68.24% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 195°, with 100% saturation and 45.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.75.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.361

Complementary

  1. #00aee8
  2. #e83a00

Split complementary

  1. #00aee8
  2. #e8003a
  3. #e8ae00

Analogous

  1. #00e8ae
  2. #00aee8
  3. #003ae8

Triadic

  1. #00aee8
  2. #e800ae
  3. #aee800

Tetradic

  1. #00aee8
  2. #3a00e8
  3. #e83a00
  4. #aee800

Square

  1. #00aee8
  2. #ae00e8
  3. #e83a00
  4. #3ae800

Monochromatic

  1. #003b4f
  2. #00759b
  3. #00aee8
  4. #35cdff
  5. #82e0ff

Shades

#00aee8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aee8
  2. #009dd1
  3. #008bba
  4. #007aa2
  5. #00688b
  6. #005774
  7. #00465d
  8. #003446
  9. #00232e
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aee8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aee8
  2. #1ab6ea
  3. #33beed
  4. #4dc6ef
  5. #66cef1
  6. #80d7f4
  7. #99dff6
  8. #b3e7f8
  9. #cceffa
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aee8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aee8
  2. #0da9de
  3. #1aa5d3
  4. #26a0c9
  5. #339cbe
  6. #4097b4
  7. #4d92aa
  8. #5a8e9f
  9. #668995
  10. #73858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a7c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aceb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #769ae7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72adea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca2e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aee8 {
  color: #00aee8;
}
Background
.bg-00aee8 {
  background-color: #00aee8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aee8 {
  border: 2px solid #00aee8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aee8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 174 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aee8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aee8, #003ae8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aee8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 174 232 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.75 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.26 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.50 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.60 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.22 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.97 #ff5117 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#00aee8  rgb(0, 174, 232)  hsl(195, 100%, 45%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e83a00  rgb(232, 58, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 45%)  Ferrari Red
#e800ae  rgb(232, 0, 174)  hsl(315, 100%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#aee800  rgb(174, 232, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 45%)  Spring Bud