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#08AEE4

#08aee4 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#08aee4 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 68.24% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.49% cyan, 23.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 194.73°, with 93.22% saturation and 46.27% 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 5.03.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3593

Complementary

  1. #08aee4
  2. #e43e08

Split complementary

  1. #08aee4
  2. #e40840
  3. #e4ac08

Analogous

  1. #08e4ac
  2. #08aee4
  3. #0840e4

Triadic

  1. #08aee4
  2. #e408ae
  3. #aee408

Tetradic

  1. #08aee4
  2. #3e08e4
  3. #e43e08
  4. #aee408

Square

  1. #08aee4
  2. #ac08e4
  3. #e43e08
  4. #40e408

Monochromatic

  1. #033d50
  2. #05769a
  3. #08aee4
  4. #40cbf8
  5. #8adffb

Shades

#08aee4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08aee4
  2. #079dcd
  3. #068bb6
  4. #067aa0
  5. #056889
  6. #045772
  7. #03465b
  8. #023444
  9. #02232e
  10. #011117
  11. #000000

Tints

#08aee4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08aee4
  2. #21b6e7
  3. #39bee9
  4. #52c6ec
  5. #6bceef
  6. #84d7f2
  7. #9cdff4
  8. #b5e7f7
  9. #ceeffa
  10. #e6f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08aee4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08aee4
  2. #14a9da
  3. #20a5d0
  4. #2ca0c6
  5. #389cbc
  6. #4497b2
  7. #5092a8
  8. #5c8e9e
  9. #688994
  10. #74858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a7c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92ace7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #789ae3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74ade6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5fa2e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08aee4 {
  color: #08aee4;
}
Background
.bg-08aee4 {
  background-color: #08aee4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08aee4 {
  border: 2px solid #08aee4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08aee4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 174 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 93% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08aee4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08aee4, #0840e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08aee4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 174 228 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.03 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.66 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.16 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.88 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.60 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.06 #f7511b Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#08aee4  rgb(8, 174, 228)  hsl(195, 93%, 46%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e43e08  rgb(228, 62, 8)  hsl(15, 93%, 46%)  Flame
#e408ae  rgb(228, 8, 174)  hsl(315, 93%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#aee408  rgb(174, 228, 8)  hsl(75, 93%, 46%)  Inchworm