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#1CAEE6

#1caee6 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1caee6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.98% red, 68.24% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.83% cyan, 24.35% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 196.63°, with 80.16% saturation and 50.59% 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 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.78.

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Relative luminance0.3623

Complementary

  1. #1caee6
  2. #e6541c

Split complementary

  1. #1caee6
  2. #e61c49
  3. #e6b91c

Analogous

  1. #1ce6b9
  2. #1caee6
  3. #1c49e6

Triadic

  1. #1caee6
  2. #e61cae
  3. #aee61c

Tetradic

  1. #1caee6
  2. #541ce6
  3. #e6541c
  4. #aee61c

Square

  1. #1caee6
  2. #b91ce6
  3. #e6541c
  4. #49e61c

Monochromatic

  1. #0a475f
  2. #127ba4
  3. #1caee6
  4. #61c7ee
  5. #a6dff5

Shades

#1caee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1caee6
  2. #199dcf
  3. #168bb8
  4. #147aa1
  5. #11688a
  6. #0e5773
  7. #0b465c
  8. #083445
  9. #06232e
  10. #031117
  11. #000000

Tints

#1caee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1caee6
  2. #33b6e9
  3. #49beeb
  4. #60c6ee
  5. #77cef0
  6. #8ed7f3
  7. #a4dff5
  8. #bbe7f8
  9. #d2effa
  10. #e8f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1caee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1caee6
  2. #26a9dc
  3. #30a5d2
  4. #3aa0c7
  5. #449cbd
  6. #4e97b3
  7. #5892a9
  8. #628e9f
  9. #6c8994
  10. #76858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a7c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91ace9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #789ae5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #74ade8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #60a3e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7d1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1caee6 {
  color: #1caee6;
}
Background
.bg-1caee6 {
  background-color: #1caee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1caee6 {
  border: 2px solid #1caee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1caee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 174 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 80% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1caee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1caee6, #1c49e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1caee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 174 230 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.78 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.92 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.19 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.29 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.12 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.72 #e35119 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#1caee6  rgb(28, 174, 230)  hsl(197, 80%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e6541c  rgb(230, 84, 28)  hsl(17, 80%, 51%)  Flame
#e61cae  rgb(230, 28, 174)  hsl(317, 80%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#aee61c  rgb(174, 230, 28)  hsl(77, 80%, 51%)  Inchworm