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#03C8EA

#03c8ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#03c8ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.72% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 188.83°, with 97.47% saturation and 46.47% 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 10.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.9.

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Relative luminance0.4727

Complementary

  1. #03c8ea
  2. #ea2503

Split complementary

  1. #03c8ea
  2. #ea0355
  3. #ea9803

Analogous

  1. #03ea98
  2. #03c8ea
  3. #0355ea

Triadic

  1. #03c8ea
  2. #ea03c8
  3. #c8ea03

Tetradic

  1. #03c8ea
  2. #2503ea
  3. #ea2503
  4. #c8ea03

Square

  1. #03c8ea
  2. #9803ea
  3. #ea2503
  4. #55ea03

Monochromatic

  1. #014753
  2. #02879e
  3. #03c8ea
  4. #3de0fd
  5. #89ecfd

Shades

#03c8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #03c8ea
  2. #03b4d3
  3. #02a0bb
  4. #028ca4
  5. #02788c
  6. #026475
  7. #01505e
  8. #013c46
  9. #01282f
  10. #001417
  11. #000000

Tints

#03c8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #03c8ea
  2. #1cceec
  3. #35d3ee
  4. #4fd9f0
  5. #68def2
  6. #81e4f5
  7. #9ae9f7
  8. #b3eff9
  9. #cdf4fb
  10. #e6fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#03c8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #03c8ea
  2. #10c1df
  3. #1cbad5
  4. #29b2ca
  5. #35abc0
  6. #42a4b5
  7. #4e9daa
  8. #5b96a0
  9. #678e95
  10. #74878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91becd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b1c1ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97afea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d4d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cc4eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78b9ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cfdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-03c8ea {
  color: #03c8ea;
}
Background
.bg-03c8ea {
  background-color: #03c8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-03c8ea {
  border: 2px solid #03c8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #03c8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 97% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-03c8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03c8ea, #0355ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-03c8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.90 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.65 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.80 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.38 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.23 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 11.36 #fc3715 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#03c8ea  rgb(3, 200, 234)  hsl(189, 97%, 46%)  Sky Blue
#ea2503  rgb(234, 37, 3)  hsl(9, 97%, 46%)  Red
#ea03c8  rgb(234, 3, 200)  hsl(309, 97%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#c8ea03  rgb(200, 234, 3)  hsl(69, 97%, 46%)  Pear