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#14B8EA

#14b8ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#14b8ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.84% red, 72.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 91.45% cyan, 21.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 194.02°, with 84.25% 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 9.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.74.

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Relative luminance0.4037

Complementary

  1. #14b8ea
  2. #ea4614

Split complementary

  1. #14b8ea
  2. #ea144d
  3. #eab114

Analogous

  1. #14eab1
  2. #14b8ea
  3. #144dea

Triadic

  1. #14b8ea
  2. #ea14b8
  3. #b8ea14

Tetradic

  1. #14b8ea
  2. #4614ea
  3. #ea4614
  4. #b8ea14

Square

  1. #14b8ea
  2. #b114ea
  3. #ea4614
  4. #4dea14

Monochromatic

  1. #08495d
  2. #0e81a4
  3. #14b8ea
  4. #5acef1
  5. #a0e3f7

Shades

#14b8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #14b8ea
  2. #12a6d3
  3. #1093bb
  4. #0e81a4
  5. #0c6e8c
  6. #0a5c75
  7. #084a5e
  8. #063746
  9. #04252f
  10. #021217
  11. #000000

Tints

#14b8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #14b8ea
  2. #2cbfec
  3. #43c6ee
  4. #5bcdf0
  5. #72d4f2
  6. #8adcf5
  7. #a1e3f7
  8. #b9eaf9
  9. #d0f1fb
  10. #e8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#14b8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #14b8ea
  2. #1fb2df
  3. #2aadd5
  4. #34a7ca
  5. #3fa2c0
  6. #4a9cb5
  7. #5596aa
  8. #6091a0
  9. #6a8b95
  10. #75868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.31:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88b0c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9db5ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a2e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c6c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7db6eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68abea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-14b8ea {
  color: #14b8ea;
}
Background
.bg-14b8ea {
  background-color: #14b8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-14b8ea {
  border: 2px solid #14b8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #14b8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 20 184 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 84% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-14b8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #14b8ea, #144dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-14b8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(20 184 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.19 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.52 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.04 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.26 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.28 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.33 #eb4715 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#14b8ea  rgb(20, 184, 234)  hsl(194, 84%, 50%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea4614  rgb(234, 70, 20)  hsl(14, 84%, 50%)  Flame
#ea14b8  rgb(234, 20, 184)  hsl(314, 84%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#b8ea14  rgb(184, 234, 20)  hsl(74, 84%, 50%)  Electric Lime