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#18D0FA

#18d0fa ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18d0fa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 81.57% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.4% cyan, 16.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 191.15°, 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 11.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.94.

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Relative luminance0.5221

Complementary

  1. #18d0fa
  2. #fa4218

Split complementary

  1. #18d0fa
  2. #fa185f
  3. #fab318

Analogous

  1. #18fab3
  2. #18d0fa
  3. #185ffa

Triadic

  1. #18d0fa
  2. #fa18d0
  3. #d0fa18

Tetradic

  1. #18d0fa
  2. #4218fa
  3. #fa4218
  4. #d0fa18

Square

  1. #18d0fa
  2. #b318fa
  3. #fa4218
  4. #5ffa18

Monochromatic

  1. #036176
  2. #049ec1
  3. #18d0fa
  4. #63dffc
  5. #aeeefd

Shades

#18d0fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18d0fa
  2. #16bbe1
  3. #13a6c8
  4. #1192af
  5. #0e7d96
  6. #0c687d
  7. #0a5364
  8. #073e4b
  9. #052a32
  10. #021519
  11. #000000

Tints

#18d0fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18d0fa
  2. #2fd5fb
  3. #46d9fb
  4. #5ddefc
  5. #74e3fc
  6. #8ce8fd
  7. #a3ecfd
  8. #baf1fe
  9. #d1f6fe
  10. #e8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18d0fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18d0fa
  2. #22c8ee
  3. #2dc0e2
  4. #37b8d5
  5. #42b0c9
  6. #4ca8bd
  7. #56a0b1
  8. #6198a5
  9. #6b9098
  10. #76888c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99c6d9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6cafc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9bb7fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dedd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92cdfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7cc1fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d8e9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18d0fa {
  color: #18d0fa;
}
Background
.bg-18d0fa {
  background-color: #18d0fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18d0fa {
  border: 2px solid #18d0fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18d0fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 208 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18d0fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18d0fa, #185ffa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18d0fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 208 250 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.94 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.32 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.55 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.36 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.81 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 12.37 #e72f05 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#18d0fa  rgb(24, 208, 250)  hsl(191, 96%, 54%)  Sky Blue
#fa4218  rgb(250, 66, 24)  hsl(11, 96%, 54%)  Coquelicot
#fa18d0  rgb(250, 24, 208)  hsl(311, 96%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#d0fa18  rgb(208, 250, 24)  hsl(71, 96%, 54%)  Electric Lime