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#11BCED

#11bced ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#11bced is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 6.67% red, 73.73% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.83% cyan, 20.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 193.36°, with 86.61% saturation and 49.8% 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 9.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.78.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.422

Complementary

  1. #11bced
  2. #ed4211

Split complementary

  1. #11bced
  2. #ed114e
  3. #edb011

Analogous

  1. #11edb0
  2. #11bced
  3. #114eed

Triadic

  1. #11bced
  2. #ed11bc
  3. #bced11

Tetradic

  1. #11bced
  2. #4211ed
  3. #ed4211
  4. #bced11

Square

  1. #11bced
  2. #b011ed
  3. #ed4211
  4. #4eed11

Monochromatic

  1. #074b5e
  2. #0c83a6
  3. #11bced
  4. #57d0f3
  5. #9fe4f8

Shades

#11bced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #11bced
  2. #0fa9d5
  3. #0e96be
  4. #0c84a6
  5. #0a718e
  6. #095e77
  7. #074b5f
  8. #053847
  9. #03262f
  10. #021318
  11. #000000

Tints

#11bced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #11bced
  2. #29c3ef
  3. #41c9f1
  4. #58d0f2
  5. #70d7f4
  6. #88def6
  7. #a0e4f8
  8. #b8ebfa
  9. #cff2fb
  10. #e7f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#11bced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #11bced
  2. #1cb6e2
  3. #27b0d7
  4. #32aacc
  5. #3da4c1
  6. #499eb7
  7. #5498ac
  8. #5f92a1
  9. #6a8c96
  10. #75868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ab4ca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1b8ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a6ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cacc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80baee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6bafed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c5da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-11bced {
  color: #11bced;
}
Background
.bg-11bced {
  background-color: #11bced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-11bced {
  border: 2px solid #11bced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #11bced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 17 188 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-11bced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #11bced, #114eed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-11bced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(17 188 237 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.23 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.59 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.65 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.90 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.02 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.07 #ee4312 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#11bced  rgb(17, 188, 237)  hsl(193, 87%, 50%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ed4211  rgb(237, 66, 17)  hsl(13, 87%, 50%)  Coquelicot
#ed11bc  rgb(237, 17, 188)  hsl(313, 87%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#bced11  rgb(188, 237, 17)  hsl(73, 87%, 50%)  Electric Lime