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#06AED8

#06aed8 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#06aed8 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.35% red, 68.24% green and 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.22% cyan, 19.44% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 192°, with 94.59% saturation and 43.53% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 7.14.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3527

Complementary

  1. #06aed8
  2. #d83006

Split complementary

  1. #06aed8
  2. #d80645
  3. #d89906

Analogous

  1. #06d899
  2. #06aed8
  3. #0645d8

Triadic

  1. #06aed8
  2. #d806ae
  3. #aed806

Tetradic

  1. #06aed8
  2. #3006d8
  3. #d83006
  4. #aed806

Square

  1. #06aed8
  2. #9906d8
  3. #d83006
  4. #45d806

Monochromatic

  1. #023643
  2. #04728e
  3. #06aed8
  4. #31d1f9
  5. #7ce2fb

Shades

#06aed8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #06aed8
  2. #059dc2
  3. #058bad
  4. #047a97
  5. #046882
  6. #03576c
  7. #024656
  8. #023441
  9. #01232b
  10. #011116
  11. #000000

Tints

#06aed8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #06aed8
  2. #1fb6dc
  3. #38bee0
  4. #51c6e4
  5. #6acee8
  6. #83d7ec
  7. #9bdfef
  8. #b4e7f3
  9. #cdeff7
  10. #e6f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#06aed8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #06aed8
  2. #12a9cf
  3. #1ea5c6
  4. #2ba0be
  5. #379cb5
  6. #4397ac
  7. #4f92a3
  8. #5b8e9a
  9. #688992
  10. #748589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa6b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96aada ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e99d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77acd9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #63a2d8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-06aed8 {
  color: #06aed8;
}
Background
.bg-06aed8 {
  background-color: #06aed8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-06aed8 {
  border: 2px solid #06aed8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #06aed8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 6 174 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 95% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-06aed8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #06aed8, #0645d8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-06aed8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(6 174 216 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.49 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.04 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.51 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.88 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.86 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.22 #f95127 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#06aed8  rgb(6, 174, 216)  hsl(192, 95%, 44%)  Deep Sky Blue
#d83006  rgb(216, 48, 6)  hsl(12, 95%, 44%)  Sinopia
#d806ae  rgb(216, 6, 174)  hsl(312, 95%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#aed806  rgb(174, 216, 6)  hsl(72, 95%, 44%)  Yellow Green