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#40BADD

#40badd ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40badd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 72.94% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.04% cyan, 15.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 193.38°, with 69.78% saturation and 55.88% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.9.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4143

Complementary

  1. #40badd
  2. #dd6340

Split complementary

  1. #40badd
  2. #dd406b
  3. #ddb240

Analogous

  1. #40ddb2
  2. #40badd
  3. #406bdd

Triadic

  1. #40badd
  2. #dd40ba
  3. #badd40

Tetradic

  1. #40badd
  2. #6340dd
  3. #dd6340
  4. #badd40

Square

  1. #40badd
  2. #b240dd
  3. #dd6340
  4. #6bdd40

Monochromatic

  1. #145c70
  2. #2091b1
  3. #40badd
  4. #81d1e9
  5. #c2e9f4

Shades

#40badd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40badd
  2. #3aa7c7
  3. #3395b1
  4. #2d829b
  5. #267085
  6. #205d6f
  7. #1a4a58
  8. #133842
  9. #0d252c
  10. #061316
  11. #000000

Tints

#40badd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40badd
  2. #53c1e0
  3. #66c8e4
  4. #79cfe7
  5. #8cd6eb
  6. #a0ddee
  7. #b3e3f1
  8. #c6eaf5
  9. #d9f1f8
  10. #ecf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40badd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40badd
  2. #46b4d4
  3. #4daeca
  4. #53a9c1
  5. #5aa3b8
  6. #609daf
  7. #6697a5
  8. #6d919c
  9. #738c93
  10. #7a8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb2c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b5df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa6dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88b7de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78aedd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40badd {
  color: #40badd;
}
Background
.bg-40badd {
  background-color: #40badd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40badd {
  border: 2px solid #40badd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40badd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 186 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 70% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40badd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40badd, #406bdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40badd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 186 221 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.90 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.44 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.69 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.26 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.64 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.63 #bf4522 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#40badd  rgb(64, 186, 221)  hsl(193, 70%, 56%)  Deep Sky Blue
#dd6340  rgb(221, 99, 64)  hsl(13, 70%, 56%)  Flame
#dd40ba  rgb(221, 64, 186)  hsl(313, 70%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#badd40  rgb(186, 221, 64)  hsl(73, 70%, 56%)  June Bud