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#18CEFA

#18cefa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18cefa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.4% cyan, 17.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 191.68°, with 95.76% saturation and 53.73% 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 11.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.76.

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Relative luminance0.5124

Complementary

  1. #18cefa
  2. #fa4418

Split complementary

  1. #18cefa
  2. #fa185d
  3. #fab518

Analogous

  1. #18fab5
  2. #18cefa
  3. #185dfa

Triadic

  1. #18cefa
  2. #fa18ce
  3. #cefa18

Tetradic

  1. #18cefa
  2. #4418fa
  3. #fa4418
  4. #cefa18

Square

  1. #18cefa
  2. #b518fa
  3. #fa4418
  4. #5dfa18

Monochromatic

  1. #036076
  2. #049dc1
  3. #18cefa
  4. #63defc
  5. #aeeefd

Shades

#18cefa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18cefa
  2. #16b9e1
  3. #13a5c8
  4. #1190af
  5. #0e7c96
  6. #0c677d
  7. #0a5264
  8. #073e4b
  9. #052932
  10. #021519
  11. #000000

Tints

#18cefa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18cefa
  2. #2fd3fb
  3. #46d8fb
  4. #5dddfc
  5. #74e2fc
  6. #8ce7fd
  7. #a3ebfd
  8. #baf0fe
  9. #d1f5fe
  10. #e8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18cefa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18cefa
  2. #22c6ee
  3. #2dbee2
  4. #37b7d5
  5. #42afc9
  6. #4ca7bd
  7. #569fb1
  8. #6197a5
  9. #6b9098
  10. #76888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97c4d8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c9fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99b5fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dcdc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fcbfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ac0fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d6e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18cefa {
  color: #18cefa;
}
Background
.bg-18cefa {
  background-color: #18cefa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18cefa {
  border: 2px solid #18cefa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18cefa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 206 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18cefa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18cefa, #185dfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18cefa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 206 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.76 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.90 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.18 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.77 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 11.10 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.98 #e73105 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#18cefa  rgb(24, 206, 250)  hsl(192, 96%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa4418  rgb(250, 68, 24)  hsl(12, 96%, 54%)  Coquelicot
#fa18ce  rgb(250, 24, 206)  hsl(312, 96%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#cefa18  rgb(206, 250, 24)  hsl(72, 96%, 54%)  Electric Lime