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#06AFDE

#06afde ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#06afde is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 2.35% red, 68.63% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.3% cyan, 21.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 193.06°, with 94.74% saturation and 44.71% 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 8.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.89.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3597

Complementary

  1. #06afde
  2. #de3506

Split complementary

  1. #06afde
  2. #de0643
  3. #dea106

Analogous

  1. #06dea1
  2. #06afde
  3. #0643de

Triadic

  1. #06afde
  2. #de06af
  3. #afde06

Tetradic

  1. #06afde
  2. #3506de
  3. #de3506
  4. #afde06

Square

  1. #06afde
  2. #a106de
  3. #de3506
  4. #43de06

Monochromatic

  1. #023a49
  2. #047494
  3. #06afde
  4. #37cffa
  5. #81e1fc

Shades

#06afde mixed progressively with black.

  1. #06afde
  2. #059ec8
  3. #058cb2
  4. #047b9b
  5. #046985
  6. #03586f
  7. #024659
  8. #023543
  9. #01232c
  10. #011216
  11. #000000

Tints

#06afde mixed progressively with white.

  1. #06afde
  2. #1fb7e1
  3. #38bfe5
  4. #51c7e8
  5. #6acfeb
  6. #83d7ef
  7. #9bdff2
  8. #b4e7f5
  9. #cdeff8
  10. #e6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#06afde mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #06afde
  2. #12aad5
  3. #1ea6cb
  4. #2ba1c2
  5. #379cb8
  6. #4398af
  7. #4f93a6
  8. #5b8e9c
  9. #688993
  10. #748589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a7bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95abe0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c9add ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76addf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #62a3de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-06afde {
  color: #06afde;
}
Background
.bg-06afde {
  background-color: #06afde;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-06afde {
  border: 2px solid #06afde;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #06afde;
  --color-primary-rgb: 6 175 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 95% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-06afde {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #06afde, #0643de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-06afde {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(6 175 222 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.89 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.68 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.79 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.81 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.04 #f95021 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#06afde  rgb(6, 175, 222)  hsl(193, 95%, 45%)  Deep Sky Blue
#de3506  rgb(222, 53, 6)  hsl(13, 95%, 45%)  Sinopia
#de06af  rgb(222, 6, 175)  hsl(313, 95%, 45%)  Shocking Pink
#afde06  rgb(175, 222, 6)  hsl(73, 95%, 45%)  June Bud