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#40EFFA

#40effa ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40effa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 93.73% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.4% cyan, 4.4% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 183.55°, 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 14.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.

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Relative luminance0.6973

Complementary

  1. #40effa
  2. #fa4b40

Split complementary

  1. #40effa
  2. #fa4092
  3. #faa840

Analogous

  1. #40faa8
  2. #40effa
  3. #4092fa

Triadic

  1. #40effa
  2. #fa40ef
  3. #effa40

Tetradic

  1. #40effa
  2. #4b40fa
  3. #fa4b40
  4. #effa40

Square

  1. #40effa
  2. #a840fa
  3. #fa4b40
  4. #92fa40

Monochromatic

  1. #04949d
  2. #06dae7
  3. #40effa
  4. #8bf5fc
  5. #d5fbfe

Shades

#40effa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40effa
  2. #3ad7e1
  3. #33bfc8
  4. #2da7af
  5. #268f96
  6. #20787d
  7. #1a6064
  8. #13484b
  9. #0d3032
  10. #061819
  11. #000000

Tints

#40effa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40effa
  2. #53f1fb
  3. #66f2fb
  4. #79f4fc
  5. #8cf5fc
  6. #a0f7fd
  7. #b3f9fd
  8. #c6fafe
  9. #d9fcfe
  10. #ecfdff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40effa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40effa
  2. #46e4ee
  3. #4dd9e2
  4. #53ced5
  5. #5ac3c9
  6. #60b8bd
  7. #66acb1
  8. #6da1a5
  9. #739698
  10. #7a8b8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d9d9d9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1e2e7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde4fb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3d1fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f8f2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b3e9fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fdefa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f5f5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40effa {
  color: #40effa;
}
Background
.bg-40effa {
  background-color: #40effa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40effa {
  border: 2px solid #40effa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40effa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 239 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 184 95% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40effa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40effa, #4092fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40effa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 239 250 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.00 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 5.22 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 5.22 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 7.46 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.34 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.71 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.22 #bf1005 Inverted #d9d9d9 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#40effa  rgb(64, 239, 250)  hsl(184, 95%, 62%)  Electric Blue
#fa4b40  rgb(250, 75, 64)  hsl(4, 95%, 62%)  Tomato
#fa40ef  rgb(250, 64, 239)  hsl(304, 95%, 62%)  Fuchsia
#effa40  rgb(239, 250, 64)  hsl(64, 95%, 62%)  Daffodil