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#1CB4E7

#1cb4e7 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#1cb4e7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.98% red, 70.59% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.88% cyan, 22.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 195.07°, with 80.88% saturation and 50.78% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.

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Relative luminance0.3866

Complementary

  1. #1cb4e7
  2. #e74f1c

Split complementary

  1. #1cb4e7
  2. #e71c4e
  3. #e7b41c

Analogous

  1. #1ce7b4
  2. #1cb4e7
  3. #1c4ee7

Triadic

  1. #1cb4e7
  2. #e71cb4
  3. #b4e71c

Tetradic

  1. #1cb4e7
  2. #4f1ce7
  3. #e74f1c
  4. #b4e71c

Square

  1. #1cb4e7
  2. #b41ce7
  3. #e74f1c
  4. #4ee71c

Monochromatic

  1. #0a4a60
  2. #1180a5
  3. #1cb4e7
  4. #61cbee
  5. #a6e2f6

Shades

#1cb4e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1cb4e7
  2. #19a2d0
  3. #1690b9
  4. #147ea2
  5. #116c8b
  6. #0e5a74
  7. #0b485c
  8. #083645
  9. #06242e
  10. #031217
  11. #000000

Tints

#1cb4e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1cb4e7
  2. #33bce9
  3. #49c3ec
  4. #60cbee
  5. #77d2f1
  6. #8edaf3
  7. #a4e1f5
  8. #bbe9f8
  9. #d2f0fa
  10. #e8f8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1cb4e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1cb4e7
  2. #26afdd
  3. #30aad2
  4. #3aa4c8
  5. #449fbe
  6. #4e9ab4
  7. #5895a9
  8. #62909f
  9. #6c8a95
  10. #76858a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86acc4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99b1e9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #809fe6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ab2e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #66a8e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bdd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1cb4e7 {
  color: #1cb4e7;
}
Background
.bg-1cb4e7 {
  background-color: #1cb4e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1cb4e7 {
  border: 2px solid #1cb4e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1cb4e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 180 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 81% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1cb4e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1cb4e7, #1c4ee7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1cb4e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 180 231 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.00 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.93 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.08 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.04 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.78 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.93 #e34b18 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#1cb4e7  rgb(28, 180, 231)  hsl(195, 81%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e74f1c  rgb(231, 79, 28)  hsl(15, 81%, 51%)  Flame
#e71cb4  rgb(231, 28, 180)  hsl(315, 81%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#b4e71c  rgb(180, 231, 28)  hsl(75, 81%, 51%)  Inchworm