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#23AEEE

#23aeee ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#23aeee is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 68.24% green and 93.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 85.29% cyan, 26.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 198.92°, with 85.65% saturation and 53.53% 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 8.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.86.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.368

Complementary

  1. #23aeee
  2. #ee6323

Split complementary

  1. #23aeee
  2. #ee2348
  3. #eec923

Analogous

  1. #23eec9
  2. #23aeee
  3. #2348ee

Triadic

  1. #23aeee
  2. #ee23ae
  3. #aeee23

Tetradic

  1. #23aeee
  2. #6323ee
  3. #ee6323
  4. #aeee23

Square

  1. #23aeee
  2. #c923ee
  3. #ee6323
  4. #48ee23

Monochromatic

  1. #094f6f
  2. #0e81b6
  3. #23aeee
  4. #6ac8f3
  5. #b1e2f9

Shades

#23aeee mixed progressively with black.

  1. #23aeee
  2. #209dd6
  3. #1c8bbe
  4. #197aa7
  5. #15688f
  6. #125777
  7. #0e465f
  8. #0b3447
  9. #072330
  10. #041118
  11. #000000

Tints

#23aeee mixed progressively with white.

  1. #23aeee
  2. #39b6f0
  3. #4fbef1
  4. #65c6f3
  5. #7bcef5
  6. #91d7f7
  7. #a7dff8
  8. #bde7fa
  9. #d3effc
  10. #e9f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#23aeee mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #23aeee
  2. #2ca9e3
  3. #36a5d8
  4. #3fa0cd
  5. #489cc2
  6. #5297b7
  7. #5b92ac
  8. #648ea1
  9. #6d8996
  10. #77858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a8c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fadf1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #749bed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bfc4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #73aef0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ea3ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-23aeee {
  color: #23aeee;
}
Background
.bg-23aeee {
  background-color: #23aeee;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-23aeee {
  border: 2px solid #23aeee;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #23aeee;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 174 238;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 86% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-23aeee {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #23aeee, #2348ee);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-23aeee {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 174 238 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.86 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.57 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.33 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.39 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.07 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.46 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.65 #dc5111 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#23aeee  rgb(35, 174, 238)  hsl(199, 86%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ee6323  rgb(238, 99, 35)  hsl(19, 86%, 54%)  Persimmon
#ee23ae  rgb(238, 35, 174)  hsl(319, 86%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#aeee23  rgb(174, 238, 35)  hsl(79, 86%, 54%)  Spring Bud