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#36C4FA

#36c4fa ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#36c4fa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 76.86% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.4% cyan, 21.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 196.53°, with 95.15% saturation and 59.61% 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 10.43:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 2.45.

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Relative luminance0.4717

Complementary

  1. #36c4fa
  2. #fa6c36

Split complementary

  1. #36c4fa
  2. #fa3662
  3. #face36

Analogous

  1. #36face
  2. #36c4fa
  3. #3662fa

Triadic

  1. #36c4fa
  2. #fa36c4
  3. #c4fa36

Tetradic

  1. #36c4fa
  2. #6c36fa
  3. #fa6c36
  4. #c4fa36

Square

  1. #36c4fa
  2. #ce36fa
  3. #fa6c36
  4. #62fa36

Monochromatic

  1. #046c93
  2. #06a2de
  3. #36c4fa
  4. #81dafc
  5. #cbf0fe

Shades

#36c4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36c4fa
  2. #31b0e1
  3. #2b9dc8
  4. #2689af
  5. #207696
  6. #1b627d
  7. #164e64
  8. #103b4b
  9. #0b2732
  10. #051419
  11. #000000

Tints

#36c4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36c4fa
  2. #4acafb
  3. #5ed0fb
  4. #72d6fc
  5. #86dcfc
  6. #9be2fd
  7. #afe7fd
  8. #c3edfe
  9. #d7f3fe
  10. #ebf9ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36c4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36c4fa
  2. #3dbdee
  3. #45b6e2
  4. #4cb0d5
  5. #54a9c9
  6. #5ba2bd
  7. #629bb1
  8. #6a94a5
  9. #718e98
  10. #79878c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94bcd5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8c1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8eaff9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d3d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89c2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75b8fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cde5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36c4fa {
  color: #36c4fa;
}
Background
.bg-36c4fa {
  background-color: #36c4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36c4fa {
  border: 2px solid #36c4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36c4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 196 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36c4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36c4fa, #3662fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36c4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 196 250 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 2.45 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.23 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.64 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.01 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.35 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.97 #c93b05 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#36c4fa  rgb(54, 196, 250)  hsl(197, 95%, 60%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fa6c36  rgb(250, 108, 54)  hsl(17, 95%, 60%)  Coral
#fa36c4  rgb(250, 54, 196)  hsl(317, 95%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#c4fa36  rgb(196, 250, 54)  hsl(77, 95%, 60%)  Electric Lime