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#21BEEF

#21beef ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#21beef is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 74.51% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.19% cyan, 20.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 194.27°, with 86.55% saturation and 53.33% 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 9.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.54.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4338

Complementary

  1. #21beef
  2. #ef5221

Split complementary

  1. #21beef
  2. #ef2157
  3. #efb921

Analogous

  1. #21efb9
  2. #21beef
  3. #2157ef

Triadic

  1. #21beef
  2. #ef21be
  3. #beef21

Tetradic

  1. #21beef
  2. #5221ef
  3. #ef5221
  4. #beef21

Square

  1. #21beef
  2. #b921ef
  3. #ef5221
  4. #57ef21

Monochromatic

  1. #08566f
  2. #0d8eb6
  3. #21beef
  4. #68d3f4
  5. #b0e8f9

Shades

#21beef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21beef
  2. #1eabd7
  3. #1a98bf
  4. #1785a7
  5. #14728f
  6. #115f78
  7. #0d4c60
  8. #0a3948
  9. #072630
  10. #031318
  11. #000000

Tints

#21beef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21beef
  2. #37c5f1
  3. #4dcbf2
  4. #64d2f4
  5. #7ad8f5
  6. #90dff7
  7. #a6e5f9
  8. #bcecfa
  9. #d3f2fc
  10. #e9f9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21beef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21beef
  2. #2bb8e4
  3. #34b2d9
  4. #3eabce
  5. #47a5c3
  6. #519fb8
  7. #5a99ac
  8. #6493a1
  9. #6d8c96
  10. #77868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8db6cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3baf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a8ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccce ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83bcf0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6eb1ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21beef {
  color: #21beef;
}
Background
.bg-21beef {
  background-color: #21beef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21beef {
  border: 2px solid #21beef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21beef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 190 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 87% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21beef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21beef, #2157ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21beef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 190 239 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.54 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.81 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.08 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.11 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.33 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.15 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.31 #de4110 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#21beef  rgb(33, 190, 239)  hsl(194, 87%, 53%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ef5221  rgb(239, 82, 33)  hsl(14, 87%, 53%)  Flame
#ef21be  rgb(239, 33, 190)  hsl(314, 87%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#beef21  rgb(190, 239, 33)  hsl(74, 87%, 53%)  Electric Lime