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#04CAEE

#04caee ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#04caee is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.57% red, 79.22% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.32% cyan, 15.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 189.23°, with 96.69% 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 10.69:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.61.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.4844

Complementary

  1. #04caee
  2. #ee2804

Split complementary

  1. #04caee
  2. #ee0455
  3. #ee9d04

Analogous

  1. #04ee9d
  2. #04caee
  3. #0455ee

Triadic

  1. #04caee
  2. #ee04ca
  3. #caee04

Tetradic

  1. #04caee
  2. #2804ee
  3. #ee2804
  4. #caee04

Square

  1. #04caee
  2. #9d04ee
  3. #ee2804
  4. #55ee04

Monochromatic

  1. #014a58
  2. #038aa3
  3. #04caee
  4. #43dffc
  5. #8eecfd

Shades

#04caee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #04caee
  2. #04b6d6
  3. #03a2be
  4. #038da7
  5. #02798f
  6. #026577
  7. #02515f
  8. #013d47
  9. #012830
  10. #001418
  11. #000000

Tints

#04caee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #04caee
  2. #1dcff0
  3. #36d5f1
  4. #4fdaf3
  5. #68dff5
  6. #82e5f7
  7. #9beaf8
  8. #b4effa
  9. #cdf4fc
  10. #e6fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#04caee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #04caee
  2. #10c3e3
  3. #1dbbd8
  4. #29b4cd
  5. #36acc2
  6. #42a5b7
  7. #4e9eac
  8. #5b96a1
  9. #678f96
  10. #74878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93c0d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c4f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98b1ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d6d5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ec6ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78bbee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d2e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-04caee {
  color: #04caee;
}
Background
.bg-04caee {
  background-color: #04caee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-04caee {
  border: 2px solid #04caee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #04caee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 4 202 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-04caee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #04caee, #0455ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-04caee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(4 202 238 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.61 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.28 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.42 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.95 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.87 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.32 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.40 #fb3511 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#04caee  rgb(4, 202, 238)  hsl(189, 97%, 47%)  Sky Blue
#ee2804  rgb(238, 40, 4)  hsl(9, 97%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#ee04ca  rgb(238, 4, 202)  hsl(309, 97%, 47%)  Shocking Pink
#caee04  rgb(202, 238, 4)  hsl(69, 97%, 47%)  Electric Lime