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#40E4FA

#40e4fa ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40e4fa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 89.41% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.4% cyan, 8.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 187.1°, with 94.9% saturation and 61.57% 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 13.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 6.96.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6348

Complementary

  1. #40e4fa
  2. #fa5640

Split complementary

  1. #40e4fa
  2. #fa4087
  3. #fab340

Analogous

  1. #40fab3
  2. #40e4fa
  3. #4087fa

Triadic

  1. #40e4fa
  2. #fa40e4
  3. #e4fa40

Tetradic

  1. #40e4fa
  2. #5640fa
  3. #fa5640
  4. #e4fa40

Square

  1. #40e4fa
  2. #b340fa
  3. #fa5640
  4. #87fa40

Monochromatic

  1. #048b9d
  2. #06cde7
  3. #40e4fa
  4. #8beffc
  5. #d5f9fe

Shades

#40e4fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40e4fa
  2. #3acde1
  3. #33b6c8
  4. #2da0af
  5. #268996
  6. #20727d
  7. #1a5b64
  8. #13444b
  9. #0d2e32
  10. #061719
  11. #000000

Tints

#40e4fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40e4fa
  2. #53e7fb
  3. #66e9fb
  4. #79ecfc
  5. #8ceffc
  6. #a0f2fd
  7. #b3f4fd
  8. #c6f7fe
  9. #d9fafe
  10. #ecfcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40e4fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40e4fa
  2. #46daee
  3. #4dd0e2
  4. #53c6d5
  5. #5abcc9
  6. #60b2bd
  7. #66a8b1
  8. #6d9ea5
  9. #739498
  10. #7a8a8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aad9e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0dbfb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6c9fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00efeb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9dffb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95d4fa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eaf1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40e4fa {
  color: #40e4fa;
}
Background
.bg-40e4fa {
  background-color: #40e4fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40e4fa {
  border: 2px solid #40e4fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40e4fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 228 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 187 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40e4fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40e4fa, #4087fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40e4fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 228 250 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.96 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.65 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 9.58 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 9.58 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.63 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.78 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.86 #bf1b05 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#40e4fa  rgb(64, 228, 250)  hsl(187, 95%, 62%)  Electric Blue
#fa5640  rgb(250, 86, 64)  hsl(7, 95%, 62%)  Tomato
#fa40e4  rgb(250, 64, 228)  hsl(307, 95%, 62%)  Fuchsia
#e4fa40  rgb(228, 250, 64)  hsl(67, 95%, 62%)  Lemon Lime