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#1BB9EA

#1bb9ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1bb9ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.59% red, 72.55% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 88.46% cyan, 20.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 194.2°, with 83.13% saturation and 51.18% 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.8.

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Relative luminance0.4087

Complementary

  1. #1bb9ea
  2. #ea4c1b

Split complementary

  1. #1bb9ea
  2. #ea1b52
  3. #eab31b

Analogous

  1. #1beab3
  2. #1bb9ea
  3. #1b52ea

Triadic

  1. #1bb9ea
  2. #ea1bb9
  3. #b9ea1b

Tetradic

  1. #1bb9ea
  2. #4c1bea
  3. #ea4c1b
  4. #b9ea1b

Square

  1. #1bb9ea
  2. #b31bea
  3. #ea4c1b
  4. #52ea1b

Monochromatic

  1. #094e63
  2. #1085a9
  3. #1bb9ea
  4. #61cff0
  5. #a7e4f7

Shades

#1bb9ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1bb9ea
  2. #18a7d3
  3. #1694bb
  4. #1382a4
  5. #106f8c
  6. #0e5d75
  7. #0b4a5e
  8. #083846
  9. #05252f
  10. #031317
  11. #000000

Tints

#1bb9ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1bb9ea
  2. #32c0ec
  3. #49c7ee
  4. #5fcef0
  5. #76d5f2
  6. #8ddcf5
  7. #a4e3f7
  8. #bbeaf9
  9. #d1f1fb
  10. #e8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1bb9ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1bb9ea
  2. #25b3df
  3. #2faed5
  4. #39a8ca
  5. #43a2c0
  6. #4e9db5
  7. #5897aa
  8. #6291a0
  9. #6c8b95
  10. #76868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89b1c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eb5ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a3e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c7c9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fb7eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aacea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c2d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1bb9ea {
  color: #1bb9ea;
}
Background
.bg-1bb9ea {
  background-color: #1bb9ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1bb9ea {
  border: 2px solid #1bb9ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1bb9ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 27 185 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1bb9ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1bb9ea, #1b52ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1bb9ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(27 185 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.80 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.14 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.51 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.00 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.13 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.28 #e44615 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#1bb9ea  rgb(27, 185, 234)  hsl(194, 83%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea4c1b  rgb(234, 76, 27)  hsl(14, 83%, 51%)  Flame
#ea1bb9  rgb(234, 27, 185)  hsl(314, 83%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#b9ea1b  rgb(185, 234, 27)  hsl(74, 83%, 51%)  Electric Lime