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#36DAFE

#36dafe ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#36dafe is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 85.49% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.74% cyan, 14.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 190.8°, with 99.01% saturation and 60.39% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 7.12.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.5808

Complementary

  1. #36dafe
  2. #fe5a36

Split complementary

  1. #36dafe
  2. #fe3676
  3. #febe36

Analogous

  1. #36febe
  2. #36dafe
  3. #3676fe

Triadic

  1. #36dafe
  2. #fe36da
  3. #dafe36

Tetradic

  1. #36dafe
  2. #5a36fe
  3. #fe5a36
  4. #dafe36

Square

  1. #36dafe
  2. #be36fe
  3. #fe5a36
  4. #76fe36

Monochromatic

  1. #017f9a
  2. #01bde6
  3. #36dafe
  4. #82e8fe
  5. #cef6ff

Shades

#36dafe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36dafe
  2. #31c4e5
  3. #2baecb
  4. #2699b2
  5. #208398
  6. #1b6d7f
  7. #165766
  8. #10414c
  9. #0b2c33
  10. #051619
  11. #000000

Tints

#36dafe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36dafe
  2. #4adefe
  3. #5ee1fe
  4. #72e5fe
  5. #86e9fe
  6. #9bedff
  7. #aff0ff
  8. #c3f4ff
  9. #d7f8ff
  10. #ebfbff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36dafe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36dafe
  2. #3dd1f1
  3. #45c8e5
  4. #4cbfd8
  5. #54b6cc
  6. #5badbf
  7. #62a4b2
  8. #6a9ba6
  9. #719299
  10. #79898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2d0e0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2d3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8c0fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e7e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dd6ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89cbfe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e2f0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36dafe {
  color: #36dafe;
}
Background
.bg-36dafe {
  background-color: #36dafe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36dafe {
  border: 2px solid #36dafe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36dafe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 218 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 99% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36dafe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36dafe, #3676fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36dafe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 218 254 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.12 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.65 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.46 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.47 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.20 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 11.31 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 11.44 #c92501 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#36dafe  rgb(54, 218, 254)  hsl(191, 99%, 60%)  Sky Blue
#fe5a36  rgb(254, 90, 54)  hsl(11, 99%, 60%)  Tomato
#fe36da  rgb(254, 54, 218)  hsl(311, 99%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#dafe36  rgb(218, 254, 54)  hsl(71, 99%, 60%)  Chartreuse Yellow