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#18BBFE

#18bbfe ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18bbfe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 73.33% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.55% cyan, 26.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 197.48°, 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 9.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 1.58.

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Relative luminance0.4289

Complementary

  1. #18bbfe
  2. #fe5b18

Split complementary

  1. #18bbfe
  2. #fe1848
  3. #fece18

Analogous

  1. #18fece
  2. #18bbfe
  3. #1848fe

Triadic

  1. #18bbfe
  2. #fe18bb
  3. #bbfe18

Tetradic

  1. #18bbfe
  2. #5b18fe
  3. #fe5b18
  4. #bbfe18

Square

  1. #18bbfe
  2. #ce18fe
  3. #fe5b18
  4. #48fe18

Monochromatic

  1. #01587c
  2. #018ec9
  3. #18bbfe
  4. #64d1fe
  5. #b0e8ff

Shades

#18bbfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18bbfe
  2. #16a8e5
  3. #1396cb
  4. #1183b2
  5. #0e7098
  6. #0c5e7f
  7. #0a4b66
  8. #07384c
  9. #052533
  10. #021319
  11. #000000

Tints

#18bbfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18bbfe
  2. #2fc2fe
  3. #46c9fe
  4. #5dcffe
  5. #74d6fe
  6. #8cddff
  7. #a3e4ff
  8. #baebff
  9. #d1f1ff
  10. #e8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18bbfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18bbfe
  2. #22b5f1
  3. #2dafe5
  4. #37a9d8
  5. #42a3cc
  6. #4c9ebf
  7. #5698b2
  8. #6192a6
  9. #6b8c99
  10. #76868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cb4d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9abaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7da6fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdd2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7bbaff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64affd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c6e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18bbfe {
  color: #18bbfe;
}
Background
.bg-18bbfe {
  background-color: #18bbfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18bbfe {
  border: 2px solid #18bbfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18bbfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 187 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 99% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18bbfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18bbfe, #1848fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18bbfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 187 254 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 1.58 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.75 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.19 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.77 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.46 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.55 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.17 #e74401 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#18bbfe  rgb(24, 187, 254)  hsl(197, 99%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fe5b18  rgb(254, 91, 24)  hsl(17, 99%, 55%)  International Orange
#fe18bb  rgb(254, 24, 187)  hsl(317, 99%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#bbfe18  rgb(187, 254, 24)  hsl(77, 99%, 55%)  Spring Bud