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#23AFDA

#23afda ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#23afda is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 13.73% red, 68.63% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 83.94% cyan, 19.72% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 194.1°, with 72.33% saturation and 49.61% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.4.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3608

Complementary

  1. #23afda
  2. #da4e23

Split complementary

  1. #23afda
  2. #da2353
  3. #daaa23

Analogous

  1. #23daaa
  2. #23afda
  3. #2353da

Triadic

  1. #23afda
  2. #da23af
  3. #afda23

Tetradic

  1. #23afda
  2. #4e23da
  3. #da4e23
  4. #afda23

Square

  1. #23afda
  2. #aa23da
  3. #da4e23
  4. #53da23

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4556
  2. #187a98
  3. #23afda
  4. #63c7e6
  5. #a5dff1

Shades

#23afda mixed progressively with black.

  1. #23afda
  2. #209ec4
  3. #1c8cae
  4. #197b99
  5. #156983
  6. #12586d
  7. #0e4657
  8. #0b3541
  9. #07232c
  10. #041216
  11. #000000

Tints

#23afda mixed progressively with white.

  1. #23afda
  2. #39b7de
  3. #4fbfe1
  4. #65c7e5
  5. #7bcfe9
  6. #91d7ed
  7. #a7dff0
  8. #bde7f4
  9. #d3eff8
  10. #e9f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#23afda mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #23afda
  2. #2caad1
  3. #36a6c8
  4. #3fa1bf
  5. #489cb6
  6. #5298ad
  7. #5b93a4
  8. #648e9b
  9. #6d8992
  10. #778589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a7bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97abdc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #809bda ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79addb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a3da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-23afda {
  color: #23afda;
}
Background
.bg-23afda {
  background-color: #23afda;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-23afda {
  border: 2px solid #23afda;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #23afda;
  --color-primary-rgb: 35 175 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 72% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-23afda {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #23afda, #2353da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-23afda {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(35 175 218 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.40 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.08 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.93 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.59 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.94 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.63 #dc5025 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#23afda  rgb(35, 175, 218)  hsl(194, 72%, 50%)  Deep Sky Blue
#da4e23  rgb(218, 78, 35)  hsl(14, 72%, 50%)  Flame
#da23af  rgb(218, 35, 175)  hsl(314, 72%, 50%)  Shocking Pink
#afda23  rgb(175, 218, 35)  hsl(74, 72%, 50%)  June Bud