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#03BDEE

#03bdee ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#03bdee is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 74.12% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.74% cyan, 20.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 192.51°, with 97.51% saturation and 47.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.89.

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Relative luminance0.4259

Complementary

  1. #03bdee
  2. #ee3403

Split complementary

  1. #03bdee
  2. #ee0347
  3. #eea903

Analogous

  1. #03eea9
  2. #03bdee
  3. #0347ee

Triadic

  1. #03bdee
  2. #ee03bd
  3. #bdee03

Tetradic

  1. #03bdee
  2. #3403ee
  3. #ee3403
  4. #bdee03

Square

  1. #03bdee
  2. #a903ee
  3. #ee3403
  4. #47ee03

Monochromatic

  1. #014557
  2. #0281a2
  3. #03bdee
  4. #41d5fd
  5. #8ce6fe

Shades

#03bdee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #03bdee
  2. #03aad6
  3. #0297be
  4. #0284a7
  5. #02718f
  6. #025f77
  7. #014c5f
  8. #013947
  9. #012630
  10. #001318
  11. #000000

Tints

#03bdee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #03bdee
  2. #1cc4f0
  3. #35caf1
  4. #4fd1f3
  5. #68d7f5
  6. #81def7
  7. #9ae5f8
  8. #b3ebfa
  9. #cdf2fc
  10. #e6f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#03bdee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #03bdee
  2. #10b7e3
  3. #1cb1d8
  4. #29abcd
  5. #35a5c2
  6. #429fb7
  7. #4e98ac
  8. #5b92a1
  9. #678c96
  10. #74868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ab4cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b9f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a6ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cbcd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80bbef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6bb0ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-03bdee {
  color: #03bdee;
}
Background
.bg-03bdee {
  background-color: #03bdee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-03bdee {
  border: 2px solid #03bdee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #03bdee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 189 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 98% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-03bdee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03bdee, #0347ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-03bdee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 189 238 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.89 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.39 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.55 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.63 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.93 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.40 #fc4211 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#03bdee  rgb(3, 189, 238)  hsl(193, 98%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ee3403  rgb(238, 52, 3)  hsl(13, 98%, 47%)  Scarlet
#ee03bd  rgb(238, 3, 189)  hsl(313, 98%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#bdee03  rgb(189, 238, 3)  hsl(73, 98%, 47%)  Electric Lime