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#18BEEF

#18beef ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18beef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.96% cyan, 20.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 193.67°, with 87.04% saturation and 51.57% 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 9.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.69.

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Relative luminance0.4325

Complementary

  1. #18beef
  2. #ef4918

Split complementary

  1. #18beef
  2. #ef1853
  3. #efb418

Analogous

  1. #18efb4
  2. #18beef
  3. #1853ef

Triadic

  1. #18beef
  2. #ef18be
  3. #beef18

Tetradic

  1. #18beef
  2. #4918ef
  3. #ef4918
  4. #beef18

Square

  1. #18beef
  2. #b418ef
  3. #ef4918
  4. #53ef18

Monochromatic

  1. #075167
  2. #0c89ae
  3. #18beef
  4. #60d2f4
  5. #a7e6f9

Shades

#18beef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18beef
  2. #16abd7
  3. #1398bf
  4. #1185a7
  5. #0e728f
  6. #0c5f78
  7. #0a4c60
  8. #073948
  9. #052630
  10. #021318
  11. #000000

Tints

#18beef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18beef
  2. #2fc5f1
  3. #46cbf2
  4. #5dd2f4
  5. #74d8f5
  6. #8cdff7
  7. #a3e5f9
  8. #baecfa
  9. #d1f2fc
  10. #e8f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18beef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18beef
  2. #22b8e4
  3. #2db2d9
  4. #37abce
  5. #42a5c3
  6. #4c9fb8
  7. #5699ac
  8. #6193a1
  9. #6b8c96
  10. #76868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cb6cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3baf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a8ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82bcf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6db1ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18beef {
  color: #18beef;
}
Background
.bg-18beef {
  background-color: #18beef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18beef {
  border: 2px solid #18beef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18beef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 190 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 87% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18beef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18beef, #1853ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18beef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 190 239 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.05 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.27 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.53 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.44 #e74110 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#18beef  rgb(24, 190, 239)  hsl(194, 87%, 52%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ef4918  rgb(239, 73, 24)  hsl(14, 87%, 52%)  Coquelicot
#ef18be  rgb(239, 24, 190)  hsl(314, 87%, 52%)  Shocking Pink
#beef18  rgb(190, 239, 24)  hsl(74, 87%, 52%)  Electric Lime