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#03BEEF

#03beef ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#03beef is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 74.51% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.74% cyan, 20.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 192.46°, with 97.52% saturation and 47.45% 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 9.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.9.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.4308

Complementary

  1. #03beef
  2. #ef3403

Split complementary

  1. #03beef
  2. #ef0348
  3. #efaa03

Analogous

  1. #03efaa
  2. #03beef
  3. #0348ef

Triadic

  1. #03beef
  2. #ef03be
  3. #beef03

Tetradic

  1. #03beef
  2. #3403ef
  3. #ef3403
  4. #beef03

Square

  1. #03beef
  2. #aa03ef
  3. #ef3403
  4. #48ef03

Monochromatic

  1. #014658
  2. #0282a3
  3. #03beef
  4. #42d6fd
  5. #8de6fe

Shades

#03beef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #03beef
  2. #03abd7
  3. #0298bf
  4. #0285a7
  5. #02728f
  6. #025f78
  7. #014c60
  8. #013948
  9. #012630
  10. #001318
  11. #000000

Tints

#03beef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #03beef
  2. #1cc5f1
  3. #35cbf2
  4. #4fd2f4
  5. #68d8f5
  6. #81dff7
  7. #9ae5f9
  8. #b3ecfa
  9. #cdf2fc
  10. #e6f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#03beef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #03beef
  2. #10b8e4
  3. #1cb2d9
  4. #29abce
  5. #35a5c3
  6. #429fb8
  7. #4e99ac
  8. #5b93a1
  9. #678c96
  10. #74868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb5cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3baf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88a7ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81bcf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6bb1ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-03beef {
  color: #03beef;
}
Background
.bg-03beef {
  background-color: #03beef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-03beef {
  border: 2px solid #03beef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #03beef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 190 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 98% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-03beef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03beef, #0348ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-03beef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 190 239 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.90 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.37 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.40 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.49 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.39 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.62 #fc4110 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#03beef  rgb(3, 190, 239)  hsl(192, 98%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ef3403  rgb(239, 52, 3)  hsl(12, 98%, 47%)  Ferrari Red
#ef03be  rgb(239, 3, 190)  hsl(312, 98%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#beef03  rgb(190, 239, 3)  hsl(72, 98%, 47%)  Electric Lime