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#18BEDB

#18bedb ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18bedb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 74.51% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.04% cyan, 13.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 188.92°, with 80.25% saturation and 47.65% 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 9.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 9.09.

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Relative luminance0.4214

Complementary

  1. #18bedb
  2. #db3518

Split complementary

  1. #18bedb
  2. #db185d
  3. #db9718

Analogous

  1. #18db97
  2. #18bedb
  3. #185ddb

Triadic

  1. #18bedb
  2. #db18be
  3. #bedb18

Tetradic

  1. #18bedb
  2. #3518db
  3. #db3518
  4. #bedb18

Square

  1. #18bedb
  2. #9718db
  3. #db3518
  4. #5ddb18

Monochromatic

  1. #094651
  2. #108296
  3. #18bedb
  4. #53d5ec
  5. #98e6f4

Shades

#18bedb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18bedb
  2. #16abc5
  3. #1398af
  4. #118599
  5. #0e7283
  6. #0c5f6e
  7. #0a4c58
  8. #073942
  9. #05262c
  10. #021316
  11. #000000

Tints

#18bedb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18bedb
  2. #2fc5df
  3. #46cbe2
  4. #5dd2e6
  5. #74d8e9
  6. #8cdfed
  7. #a3e5f1
  8. #baecf4
  9. #d1f2f8
  10. #e8f9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18bedb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18bedb
  2. #22b8d2
  3. #2db2c9
  4. #37abc0
  5. #42a5b7
  6. #4c9fae
  7. #5699a4
  8. #61939b
  9. #6b8c92
  10. #768689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8bb4c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b7dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91a6db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87badc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #74b0db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c5cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18bedb {
  color: #18bedb;
}
Background
.bg-18bedb {
  background-color: #18bedb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18bedb {
  border: 2px solid #18bedb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18bedb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 190 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 80% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18bedb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18bedb, #185ddb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18bedb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 190 219 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.65 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.75 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.94 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.95 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 10.72 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.73 #e74124 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#18bedb  rgb(24, 190, 219)  hsl(189, 80%, 48%)  Sky Blue
#db3518  rgb(219, 53, 24)  hsl(9, 80%, 48%)  Lust
#db18be  rgb(219, 24, 190)  hsl(309, 80%, 48%)  Shocking Pink
#bedb18  rgb(190, 219, 24)  hsl(69, 80%, 48%)  Pear