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#35B8FF

#35b8ff ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#35b8ff is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 72.16% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.22% cyan, 27.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 201.09°, with 100% saturation and 60.39% 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 9.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4226

Complementary

  1. #35b8ff
  2. #ff7c35

Split complementary

  1. #35b8ff
  2. #ff3553
  3. #ffe135

Analogous

  1. #35ffe1
  2. #35b8ff
  3. #3553ff

Triadic

  1. #35b8ff
  2. #ff35b8
  3. #b8ff35

Tetradic

  1. #35b8ff
  2. #7c35ff
  3. #ff7c35
  4. #b8ff35

Square

  1. #35b8ff
  2. #e135ff
  3. #ff7c35
  4. #53ff35

Monochromatic

  1. #00659b
  2. #0096e7
  3. #35b8ff
  4. #81d3ff
  5. #ceeeff

Shades

#35b8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #35b8ff
  2. #30a6e6
  3. #2a93cc
  4. #2581b3
  5. #206e99
  6. #1b5c80
  7. #154a66
  8. #10374d
  9. #0b2533
  10. #05121a
  11. #000000

Tints

#35b8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #35b8ff
  2. #49bfff
  3. #5dc6ff
  4. #72cdff
  5. #86d4ff
  6. #9adcff
  7. #aee3ff
  8. #c2eaff
  9. #d7f1ff
  10. #ebf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#35b8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #35b8ff
  2. #3db2f2
  3. #44ade6
  4. #4ca7d9
  5. #53a2cc
  6. #5b9cc0
  7. #6296b3
  8. #6a91a6
  9. #718b99
  10. #79868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8db2d3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96b8ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ba6fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cad1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7bb8ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #66adfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c3e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-35b8ff {
  color: #35b8ff;
}
Background
.bg-35b8ff {
  background-color: #35b8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-35b8ff {
  border: 2px solid #35b8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #35b8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 184 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 100% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-35b8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #35b8ff, #3553ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-35b8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 184 255 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.72 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.73 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.24 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.06 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.46 #ca4700 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#35b8ff  rgb(53, 184, 255)  hsl(201, 100%, 60%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ff7c35  rgb(255, 124, 53)  hsl(21, 100%, 60%)  Mango Tango
#ff35b8  rgb(255, 53, 184)  hsl(321, 100%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#b8ff35  rgb(184, 255, 53)  hsl(81, 100%, 60%)  Green Yellow