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#40BEE6

#40bee6 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40bee6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 74.51% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.17% cyan, 17.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 194.46°, with 76.85% saturation and 57.65% 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 9.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 5.42.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4363

Complementary

  1. #40bee6
  2. #e66840

Split complementary

  1. #40bee6
  2. #e6406b
  3. #e6bb40

Analogous

  1. #40e6bb
  2. #40bee6
  3. #406be6

Triadic

  1. #40bee6
  2. #e640be
  3. #bee640

Tetradic

  1. #40bee6
  2. #6840e6
  3. #e66840
  4. #bee640

Square

  1. #40bee6
  2. #bb40e6
  3. #e66840
  4. #6be640

Monochromatic

  1. #10637d
  2. #1998c0
  3. #40bee6
  4. #84d5ef
  5. #c7ecf8

Shades

#40bee6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40bee6
  2. #3aabcf
  3. #3398b8
  4. #2d85a1
  5. #26728a
  6. #205f73
  7. #1a4c5c
  8. #133945
  9. #0d262e
  10. #061317
  11. #000000

Tints

#40bee6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40bee6
  2. #53c5e9
  3. #66cbeb
  4. #79d2ee
  5. #8cd8f0
  6. #a0dff3
  7. #b3e5f5
  8. #c6ecf8
  9. #d9f2fa
  10. #ecf9fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40bee6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40bee6
  2. #46b8dc
  3. #4db2d2
  4. #53abc7
  5. #5aa5bd
  6. #609fb3
  7. #6699a9
  8. #6d939f
  9. #738c94
  10. #7a868a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91b6c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7bae8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91a9e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cacb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8abbe7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #78b2e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c5d6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40bee6 {
  color: #40bee6;
}
Background
.bg-40bee6 {
  background-color: #40bee6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40bee6 {
  border: 2px solid #40bee6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40bee6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 190 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 77% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40bee6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40bee6, #406be6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40bee6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 190 230 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.42 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.95 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.29 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.20 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.65 #bf4119 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#40bee6  rgb(64, 190, 230)  hsl(194, 77%, 58%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e66840  rgb(230, 104, 64)  hsl(14, 77%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#e640be  rgb(230, 64, 190)  hsl(314, 77%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#bee640  rgb(190, 230, 64)  hsl(74, 77%, 58%)  June Bud