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#04B4EA

#04b4ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#04b4ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 70.59% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.29% cyan, 23.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 194.09°, with 96.64% saturation and 46.67% 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 8.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.67.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.3861

Complementary

  1. #04b4ea
  2. #ea3a04

Split complementary

  1. #04b4ea
  2. #ea0441
  3. #eaad04

Analogous

  1. #04eaad
  2. #04b4ea
  3. #0441ea

Triadic

  1. #04b4ea
  2. #ea04b4
  3. #b4ea04

Tetradic

  1. #04b4ea
  2. #3a04ea
  3. #ea3a04
  4. #b4ea04

Square

  1. #04b4ea
  2. #ad04ea
  3. #ea3a04
  4. #41ea04

Monochromatic

  1. #014054
  2. #037a9f
  3. #04b4ea
  4. #3fcffc
  5. #8ae2fd

Shades

#04b4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #04b4ea
  2. #04a2d3
  3. #0390bb
  4. #037ea4
  5. #026c8c
  6. #025a75
  7. #02485e
  8. #013646
  9. #01242f
  10. #001217
  11. #000000

Tints

#04b4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #04b4ea
  2. #1dbcec
  3. #36c3ee
  4. #4fcbf0
  5. #68d2f2
  6. #82daf5
  7. #9be1f7
  8. #b4e9f9
  9. #cdf0fb
  10. #e6f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#04b4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #04b4ea
  2. #10afdf
  3. #1daad5
  4. #29a4ca
  5. #369fc0
  6. #429ab5
  7. #4e95aa
  8. #5b90a0
  9. #678a95
  10. #74858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84acc5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98b1ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d9fe9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78b2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a8ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bdd5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-04b4ea {
  color: #04b4ea;
}
Background
.bg-04b4ea {
  background-color: #04b4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-04b4ea {
  border: 2px solid #04b4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #04b4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 180 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-04b4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #04b4ea, #0441ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-04b4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 180 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.67 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.92 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.13 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.17 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.92 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.22 #fb4b15 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#04b4ea  rgb(4, 180, 234)  hsl(194, 97%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea3a04  rgb(234, 58, 4)  hsl(14, 97%, 47%)  Ferrari Red
#ea04b4  rgb(234, 4, 180)  hsl(314, 97%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#b4ea04  rgb(180, 234, 4)  hsl(74, 97%, 47%)  Spring Bud