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#21CAEB

#21caeb ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#21caeb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 79.22% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.96% cyan, 14.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 189.8°, with 83.47% saturation and 52.55% 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 Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.46.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4856

Complementary

  1. #21caeb
  2. #eb4221

Split complementary

  1. #21caeb
  2. #eb2165
  3. #eba721

Analogous

  1. #21eba7
  2. #21caeb
  3. #2165eb

Triadic

  1. #21caeb
  2. #eb21ca
  3. #caeb21

Tetradic

  1. #21caeb
  2. #4221eb
  3. #eb4221
  4. #caeb21

Square

  1. #21caeb
  2. #a721eb
  3. #eb4221
  4. #65eb21

Monochromatic

  1. #0a5a69
  2. #1096b0
  3. #21caeb
  4. #67dbf1
  5. #adecf8

Shades

#21caeb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21caeb
  2. #1eb6d4
  3. #1aa2bc
  4. #178da5
  5. #14798d
  6. #116576
  7. #0d515e
  8. #0a3d47
  9. #07282f
  10. #031418
  11. #000000

Tints

#21caeb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21caeb
  2. #37cfed
  3. #4dd5ef
  4. #64daf1
  5. #7adff3
  6. #90e5f5
  7. #a6eaf7
  8. #bceff9
  9. #d3f4fb
  10. #e9fafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21caeb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21caeb
  2. #2bc3e0
  3. #34bbd6
  4. #3eb4cb
  5. #47acc0
  6. #51a5b6
  7. #5a9eab
  8. #6496a0
  9. #6d8f95
  10. #77878b
  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 #94c0cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b4c3ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab1eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d6d4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90c6ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7cbceb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d1de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21caeb {
  color: #21caeb;
}
Background
.bg-21caeb {
  background-color: #21caeb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21caeb {
  border: 2px solid #21caeb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21caeb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 202 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21caeb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21caeb, #2165eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21caeb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 202 235 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.46 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.24 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.00 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.09 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.22 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.94 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 11.22 #de3514 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#21caeb  rgb(33, 202, 235)  hsl(190, 83%, 53%)  Sky Blue
#eb4221  rgb(235, 66, 33)  hsl(10, 83%, 53%)  Scarlet
#eb21ca  rgb(235, 33, 202)  hsl(310, 83%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#caeb21  rgb(202, 235, 33)  hsl(70, 83%, 53%)  Pear