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#21C8FA

#21c8fa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#21c8fa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 78.43% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.8% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 193.82°, with 95.59% saturation and 55.49% 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 10.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.29.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4853

Complementary

  1. #21c8fa
  2. #fa5321

Split complementary

  1. #21c8fa
  2. #fa215c
  3. #fabf21

Analogous

  1. #21fabf
  2. #21c8fa
  3. #215cfa

Triadic

  1. #21c8fa
  2. #fa21c8
  3. #c8fa21

Tetradic

  1. #21c8fa
  2. #5321fa
  3. #fa5321
  4. #c8fa21

Square

  1. #21c8fa
  2. #bf21fa
  3. #fa5321
  4. #5cfa21

Monochromatic

  1. #03637f
  2. #059cca
  3. #21c8fa
  4. #6cdbfc
  5. #b7edfd

Shades

#21c8fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21c8fa
  2. #1eb4e1
  3. #1aa0c8
  4. #178caf
  5. #147896
  6. #11647d
  7. #0d5064
  8. #0a3c4b
  9. #072832
  10. #031419
  11. #000000

Tints

#21c8fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21c8fa
  2. #37cefb
  3. #4dd3fb
  4. #64d9fc
  5. #7adefc
  6. #90e4fd
  7. #a6e9fd
  8. #bceffe
  9. #d3f4fe
  10. #e9faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21c8fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21c8fa
  2. #2bc1ee
  3. #34bae2
  4. #3eb2d5
  5. #47abc9
  6. #51a4bd
  7. #5a9db1
  8. #6496a5
  9. #6d8e98
  10. #77878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94bfd6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acc4fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91b1f9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d7d8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ac5fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75bafa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d1e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21c8fa {
  color: #21c8fa;
}
Background
.bg-21c8fa {
  background-color: #21c8fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21c8fa {
  border: 2px solid #21c8fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21c8fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 200 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21c8fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21c8fa, #215cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21c8fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 200 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.29 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.07 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.11 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.92 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 12.12 #de3705 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#21c8fa  rgb(33, 200, 250)  hsl(194, 96%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa5321  rgb(250, 83, 33)  hsl(14, 96%, 55%)  Orange Red
#fa21c8  rgb(250, 33, 200)  hsl(314, 96%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#c8fa21  rgb(200, 250, 33)  hsl(74, 96%, 55%)  Electric Lime