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#37AFDC

#37afdc ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#37afdc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.57% red, 68.63% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75% cyan, 20.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 196.36°, with 70.21% saturation and 53.92% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.63.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3664

Complementary

  1. #37afdc
  2. #dc6437

Split complementary

  1. #37afdc
  2. #dc375d
  3. #dcb637

Analogous

  1. #37dcb6
  2. #37afdc
  3. #375ddc

Triadic

  1. #37afdc
  2. #dc37af
  3. #afdc37

Tetradic

  1. #37afdc
  2. #6437dc
  3. #dc6437
  4. #afdc37

Square

  1. #37afdc
  2. #b637dc
  3. #dc6437
  4. #5ddc37

Monochromatic

  1. #125068
  2. #1e83a9
  3. #37afdc
  4. #78c9e7
  5. #b9e3f3

Shades

#37afdc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #37afdc
  2. #329ec6
  3. #2c8cb0
  4. #277b9a
  5. #216984
  6. #1c586e
  7. #164658
  8. #113542
  9. #0b232c
  10. #061216
  11. #000000

Tints

#37afdc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #37afdc
  2. #4bb7e0
  3. #5fbfe3
  4. #73c7e7
  5. #87cfea
  6. #9bd7ee
  7. #afdff1
  8. #c3e7f5
  9. #d7eff8
  10. #ebf7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#37afdc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #37afdc
  2. #3eaad3
  3. #46a6ca
  4. #4da1c0
  5. #549cb7
  6. #5c98ae
  7. #6393a5
  8. #6a8e9c
  9. #718992
  10. #798589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a8bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97acde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #819cdb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7caddd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ba4dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7cb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-37afdc {
  color: #37afdc;
}
Background
.bg-37afdc {
  background-color: #37afdc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-37afdc {
  border: 2px solid #37afdc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #37afdc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 55 175 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 70% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-37afdc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #37afdc, #375ddc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-37afdc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(55 175 220 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.59 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.99 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.72 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.20 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.23 #c85023 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#37afdc  rgb(55, 175, 220)  hsl(196, 70%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#dc6437  rgb(220, 100, 55)  hsl(16, 70%, 54%)  Flame
#dc37af  rgb(220, 55, 175)  hsl(316, 70%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#afdc37  rgb(175, 220, 55)  hsl(76, 70%, 54%)  June Bud