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#18CEEB

#18ceeb ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18ceeb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 80.78% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.79% cyan, 12.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 188.25°, with 84.06% saturation and 50.78% 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 11.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 8.15.

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Web safe#00ccff
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Relative luminance0.5033

Complementary

  1. #18ceeb
  2. #eb3518

Split complementary

  1. #18ceeb
  2. #eb1864
  3. #eb9f18

Analogous

  1. #18eb9f
  2. #18ceeb
  3. #1864eb

Triadic

  1. #18ceeb
  2. #eb18ce
  3. #ceeb18

Tetradic

  1. #18ceeb
  2. #3518eb
  3. #eb3518
  4. #ceeb18

Square

  1. #18ceeb
  2. #9f18eb
  3. #eb3518
  4. #64eb18

Monochromatic

  1. #085562
  2. #0f93a8
  3. #18ceeb
  4. #5eddf1
  5. #a5ecf7

Shades

#18ceeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18ceeb
  2. #16b9d4
  3. #13a5bc
  4. #1190a5
  5. #0e7c8d
  6. #0c6776
  7. #0a525e
  8. #073e47
  9. #05292f
  10. #021518
  11. #000000

Tints

#18ceeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18ceeb
  2. #2fd3ed
  3. #46d8ef
  4. #5dddf1
  5. #74e2f3
  6. #8ce7f5
  7. #a3ebf7
  8. #baf0f9
  9. #d1f5fb
  10. #e8fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18ceeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18ceeb
  2. #22c6e0
  3. #2dbed6
  4. #37b7cb
  5. #42afc0
  6. #4ca7b6
  7. #569fab
  8. #6197a0
  9. #6b9095
  10. #76888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96c4d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b8c7ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fb4eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9d7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93caec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fbfeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d5df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18ceeb {
  color: #18ceeb;
}
Background
.bg-18ceeb {
  background-color: #18ceeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18ceeb {
  border: 2px solid #18ceeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18ceeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 206 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18ceeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18ceeb, #1864eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18ceeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 206 235 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.15 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.78 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.04 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.65 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.78 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 11.12 #e73114 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#18ceeb  rgb(24, 206, 235)  hsl(188, 84%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#eb3518  rgb(235, 53, 24)  hsl(8, 84%, 51%)  Candy Apple Red
#eb18ce  rgb(235, 24, 206)  hsl(308, 84%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#ceeb18  rgb(206, 235, 24)  hsl(68, 84%, 51%)  Pear