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#04AFE9

#04afe9 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#04afe9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 68.63% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.28% cyan, 24.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 195.2°, with 96.62% saturation and 46.47% 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 8.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.47.

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Relative luminance0.3657

Complementary

  1. #04afe9
  2. #e93e04

Split complementary

  1. #04afe9
  2. #e9043c
  3. #e9b104

Analogous

  1. #04e9b1
  2. #04afe9
  3. #043ce9

Triadic

  1. #04afe9
  2. #e904af
  3. #afe904

Tetradic

  1. #04afe9
  2. #3e04e9
  3. #e93e04
  4. #afe904

Square

  1. #04afe9
  2. #b104e9
  3. #e93e04
  4. #3ce904

Monochromatic

  1. #013e53
  2. #03769e
  3. #04afe9
  4. #3eccfc
  5. #89e0fd

Shades

#04afe9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #04afe9
  2. #049ed2
  3. #038cba
  4. #037ba3
  5. #02698c
  6. #025875
  7. #02465d
  8. #013546
  9. #01232f
  10. #001217
  11. #000000

Tints

#04afe9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #04afe9
  2. #1db7eb
  3. #36bfed
  4. #4fc7f0
  5. #68cff2
  6. #82d7f4
  7. #9bdff6
  8. #b4e7f8
  9. #cdeffb
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#04afe9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #04afe9
  2. #10aadf
  3. #1da6d4
  4. #29a1ca
  5. #369cbf
  6. #4298b5
  7. #4e93aa
  8. #5b8ea0
  9. #678995
  10. #74858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a8c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91adec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779be8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73aeeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5da3e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b9d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-04afe9 {
  color: #04afe9;
}
Background
.bg-04afe9 {
  background-color: #04afe9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-04afe9 {
  border: 2px solid #04afe9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #04afe9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 175 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 97% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-04afe9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #04afe9, #043ce9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-04afe9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 175 233 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.47 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.31 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.61 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.44 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.72 #fb5016 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#04afe9  rgb(4, 175, 233)  hsl(195, 97%, 46%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e93e04  rgb(233, 62, 4)  hsl(15, 97%, 46%)  Coquelicot
#e904af  rgb(233, 4, 175)  hsl(315, 97%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#afe904  rgb(175, 233, 4)  hsl(75, 97%, 46%)  Spring Bud