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#12AFFC

#12affc ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#12affc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 68.63% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.86% cyan, 30.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 199.74°, with 97.5% saturation and 52.94% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.77.

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Relative luminance0.3782

Complementary

  1. #12affc
  2. #fc5f12

Split complementary

  1. #12affc
  2. #fc123a
  3. #fcd412

Analogous

  1. #12fcd4
  2. #12affc
  3. #123afc

Triadic

  1. #12affc
  2. #fc12af
  3. #affc12

Tetradic

  1. #12affc
  2. #5f12fc
  3. #fc5f12
  4. #affc12

Square

  1. #12affc
  2. #d412fc
  3. #fc5f12
  4. #3afc12

Monochromatic

  1. #014e74
  2. #0281bf
  3. #12affc
  4. #5ec9fd
  5. #a9e2fe

Shades

#12affc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #12affc
  2. #109ee3
  3. #0e8cca
  4. #0d7bb0
  5. #0b6997
  6. #09587e
  7. #074665
  8. #05354c
  9. #042332
  10. #021219
  11. #000000

Tints

#12affc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #12affc
  2. #2ab7fc
  3. #41bffd
  4. #59c7fd
  5. #71cffd
  6. #89d7fe
  7. #a0dffe
  8. #b8e7fe
  9. #d0effe
  10. #e7f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#12affc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #12affc
  2. #1daaf0
  3. #28a6e3
  4. #33a1d7
  5. #3e9cca
  6. #4998be
  7. #5493b2
  8. #5f8ea5
  9. #6a8999
  10. #75858c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ab0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c9dfb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2ca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6db0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #56a4fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-12affc {
  color: #12affc;
}
Background
.bg-12affc {
  background-color: #12affc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-12affc {
  border: 2px solid #12affc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #12affc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 175 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 98% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-12affc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #12affc, #123afc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-12affc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 175 252 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.77 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.63 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.56 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.67 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.32 #ed5003 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#12affc  rgb(18, 175, 252)  hsl(200, 98%, 53%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fc5f12  rgb(252, 95, 18)  hsl(20, 98%, 53%)  International Orange
#fc12af  rgb(252, 18, 175)  hsl(320, 98%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#affc12  rgb(175, 252, 18)  hsl(80, 98%, 53%)  Spring Bud