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#18C2FF

#18c2ff ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18c2ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 76.08% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.59% cyan, 23.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 195.84°, with 100% saturation and 54.71% 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 10.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 1.03.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.46

Complementary

  1. #18c2ff
  2. #ff5518

Split complementary

  1. #18c2ff
  2. #ff184f
  3. #ffc818

Analogous

  1. #18ffc8
  2. #18c2ff
  3. #184fff

Triadic

  1. #18c2ff
  2. #ff18c2
  3. #c2ff18

Tetradic

  1. #18c2ff
  2. #5518ff
  3. #ff5518
  4. #c2ff18

Square

  1. #18c2ff
  2. #c818ff
  3. #ff5518
  4. #4fff18

Monochromatic

  1. #005d7e
  2. #0095cb
  3. #18c2ff
  4. #65d6ff
  5. #b1eaff

Shades

#18c2ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18c2ff
  2. #16afe6
  3. #139bcc
  4. #1188b3
  5. #0e7499
  6. #0c6180
  7. #0a4e66
  8. #073a4d
  9. #052733
  10. #02131a
  11. #000000

Tints

#18c2ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18c2ff
  2. #2fc8ff
  3. #46ceff
  4. #5dd4ff
  5. #74daff
  6. #8ce1ff
  7. #a3e7ff
  8. #baedff
  9. #d1f3ff
  10. #e8f9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18c2ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18c2ff
  2. #22bbf2
  3. #2db5e6
  4. #37aed9
  5. #42a8cc
  6. #4ca1c0
  7. #569ab3
  8. #6194a6
  9. #6b8d99
  10. #76878d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90bad6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3c0ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86acfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d3d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82c1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6bb5fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cce8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18c2ff {
  color: #18c2ff;
}
Background
.bg-18c2ff {
  background-color: #18c2ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18c2ff {
  border: 2px solid #18c2ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18c2ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 194 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18c2ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18c2ff, #184fff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18c2ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 194 255 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 1.03 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.23 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.37 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.19 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.67 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.59 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.77 #e73d00 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#18c2ff  rgb(24, 194, 255)  hsl(196, 100%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ff5518  rgb(255, 85, 24)  hsl(16, 100%, 55%)  International Orange
#ff18c2  rgb(255, 24, 194)  hsl(316, 100%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#c2ff18  rgb(194, 255, 24)  hsl(76, 100%, 55%)  Electric Lime