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#18AFFE

#18affe ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18affe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.55% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 200.61°, with 99.14% saturation and 54.51% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.11.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3801

Complementary

  1. #18affe
  2. #fe6718

Split complementary

  1. #18affe
  2. #fe183c
  3. #feda18

Analogous

  1. #18feda
  2. #18affe
  3. #183cfe

Triadic

  1. #18affe
  2. #fe18af
  3. #affe18

Tetradic

  1. #18affe
  2. #6718fe
  3. #fe6718
  4. #affe18

Square

  1. #18affe
  2. #da18fe
  3. #fe6718
  4. #3cfe18

Monochromatic

  1. #01527c
  2. #0184c9
  3. #18affe
  4. #64c9fe
  5. #b0e4ff

Shades

#18affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18affe
  2. #169ee5
  3. #138ccb
  4. #117bb2
  5. #0e6998
  6. #0c587f
  7. #0a4666
  8. #07354c
  9. #052333
  10. #021219
  11. #000000

Tints

#18affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18affe
  2. #2fb7fe
  3. #46bffe
  4. #5dc7fe
  5. #74cffe
  6. #8cd7ff
  7. #a3dfff
  8. #bae7ff
  9. #d1efff
  10. #e8f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18affe
  2. #22aaf1
  3. #2da6e5
  4. #37a1d8
  5. #429ccc
  6. #4c98bf
  7. #5693b2
  8. #618ea6
  9. #6b8999
  10. #76858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84aacf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89b0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9dfd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6db0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #55a5fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18affe {
  color: #18affe;
}
Background
.bg-18affe {
  background-color: #18affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18affe {
  border: 2px solid #18affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 99% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18affe, #183cfe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.11 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.17 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.54 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.54 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.86 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.05 #e75001 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#18affe  rgb(24, 175, 254)  hsl(201, 99%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fe6718  rgb(254, 103, 24)  hsl(21, 99%, 55%)  Pumpkin
#fe18af  rgb(254, 24, 175)  hsl(321, 99%, 55%)  Persian Rose
#affe18  rgb(175, 254, 24)  hsl(81, 99%, 55%)  Spring Bud