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#31BCED

#31bced ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#31bced is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.22% red, 73.73% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.32% cyan, 20.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 195.64°, with 83.93% saturation and 56.08% 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 9.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.4273

Complementary

  1. #31bced
  2. #ed6231

Split complementary

  1. #31bced
  2. #ed315e
  3. #edc031

Analogous

  1. #31edc0
  2. #31bced
  3. #315eed

Triadic

  1. #31bced
  2. #ed31bc
  3. #bced31

Tetradic

  1. #31bced
  2. #6231ed
  3. #ed6231
  4. #bced31

Square

  1. #31bced
  2. #c031ed
  3. #ed6231
  4. #5eed31

Monochromatic

  1. #0b5d7a
  2. #1193c1
  3. #31bced
  4. #77d3f3
  5. #beeaf9

Shades

#31bced mixed progressively with black.

  1. #31bced
  2. #2ca9d5
  3. #2796be
  4. #2284a6
  5. #1d718e
  6. #195e77
  7. #144b5f
  8. #0f3847
  9. #0a262f
  10. #051318
  11. #000000

Tints

#31bced mixed progressively with white.

  1. #31bced
  2. #46c3ef
  3. #5ac9f1
  4. #6fd0f2
  5. #83d7f4
  6. #98def6
  7. #ade4f8
  8. #c1ebfa
  9. #d6f2fb
  10. #eaf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#31bced mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #31bced
  2. #39b6e2
  3. #41b0d7
  4. #49aacc
  5. #51a4c1
  6. #599eb7
  7. #6098ac
  8. #6892a1
  9. #708c96
  10. #78868b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb4cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2b9ef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a7ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cacc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83baee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #70b0ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c5da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-31bced {
  color: #31bced;
}
Background
.bg-31bced {
  background-color: #31bced;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-31bced {
  border: 2px solid #31bced;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #31bced;
  --color-primary-rgb: 49 188 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 84% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-31bced {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #31bced, #315eed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-31bced {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(49 188 237 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.22 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.23 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.02 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.06 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.06 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.59 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.52 #ce4312 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#31bced  rgb(49, 188, 237)  hsl(196, 84%, 56%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ed6231  rgb(237, 98, 49)  hsl(16, 84%, 56%)  Flame
#ed31bc  rgb(237, 49, 188)  hsl(316, 84%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#bced31  rgb(188, 237, 49)  hsl(76, 84%, 56%)  Electric Lime