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#00AEF1

#00aef1 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aef1 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 94.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 27.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.49% black. Its hue angle is 196.68°, with 100% saturation and 47.25% 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 8.32:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.87.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3662

Complementary

  1. #00aef1
  2. #f14300

Split complementary

  1. #00aef1
  2. #f10035
  3. #f1bb00

Analogous

  1. #00f1bb
  2. #00aef1
  3. #0035f1

Triadic

  1. #00aef1
  2. #f100ae
  3. #aef100

Tetradic

  1. #00aef1
  2. #4300f1
  3. #f14300
  4. #aef100

Square

  1. #00aef1
  2. #bb00f1
  3. #f14300
  4. #35f100

Monochromatic

  1. #004058
  2. #0077a4
  3. #00aef1
  4. #3ec9ff
  5. #8bdfff

Shades

#00aef1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aef1
  2. #009dd9
  3. #008bc1
  4. #007aa9
  5. #006891
  6. #005779
  7. #004660
  8. #003448
  9. #002330
  10. #001118
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aef1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aef1
  2. #1ab6f2
  3. #33bef4
  4. #4dc6f5
  5. #66cef7
  6. #80d7f8
  7. #99dff9
  8. #b3e7fb
  9. #cceffc
  10. #e6f7fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aef1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aef1
  2. #0da9e6
  3. #1aa5da
  4. #26a0cf
  5. #339cc4
  6. #4097b9
  7. #4d92ad
  8. #5a8ea2
  9. #668997
  10. #73858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.32:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a8c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8dadf4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #719bf0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6faef3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #58a3f0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aef1 {
  color: #00aef1;
}
Background
.bg-00aef1 {
  background-color: #00aef1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aef1 {
  border: 2px solid #00aef1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aef1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 174 241;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aef1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aef1, #0035f1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aef1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 174 241 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.96 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.86 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.59 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.82 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.80 #ff510e Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#00aef1  rgb(0, 174, 241)  hsl(197, 100%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#f14300  rgb(241, 67, 0)  hsl(17, 100%, 47%)  Coquelicot
#f100ae  rgb(241, 0, 174)  hsl(317, 100%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#aef100  rgb(174, 241, 0)  hsl(77, 100%, 47%)  Spring Bud