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#4ADDFE

#4addfe ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4addfe is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 86.67% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.87% cyan, 12.99% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 191°, with 98.9% saturation and 64.31% 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 13.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.96.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6032

Complementary

  1. #4addfe
  2. #fe6b4a

Split complementary

  1. #4addfe
  2. #fe4a83
  3. #fec54a

Analogous

  1. #4afec5
  2. #4addfe
  3. #4a83fe

Triadic

  1. #4addfe
  2. #fe4add
  3. #ddfe4a

Tetradic

  1. #4addfe
  2. #6b4afe
  3. #fe6b4a
  4. #ddfe4a

Square

  1. #4addfe
  2. #c54afe
  3. #fe6b4a
  4. #83fe4a

Monochromatic

  1. #018eae
  2. #01cdfa
  3. #4addfe
  4. #96ebfe
  5. #e2faff

Shades

#4addfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4addfe
  2. #43c7e5
  3. #3bb1cb
  4. #349bb2
  5. #2c8598
  6. #256f7f
  7. #1e5866
  8. #16424c
  9. #0f2c33
  10. #071619
  11. #000000

Tints

#4addfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4addfe
  2. #5ce0fe
  3. #6ee4fe
  4. #80e7fe
  5. #92ebfe
  6. #a5eeff
  7. #b7f1ff
  8. #c9f5ff
  9. #dbf8ff
  10. #edfcff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4addfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4addfe
  2. #4fd4f1
  3. #55cae5
  4. #5ac1d8
  5. #60b8cc
  6. #65afbf
  7. #6aa5b2
  8. #709ca6
  9. #759399
  10. #7b898d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a8d3e2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7d6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aec4fe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e9e7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3d9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90cffe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e4f1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4addfe {
  color: #4addfe;
}
Background
.bg-4addfe {
  background-color: #4addfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4addfe {
  border: 2px solid #4addfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4addfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 221 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 99% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4addfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4addfe, #4a83fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4addfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 221 254 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.96 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.54 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.66 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.54 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 10.29 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 11.06 #b52201 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#4addfe  rgb(74, 221, 254)  hsl(191, 99%, 64%)  Sky Blue
#fe6b4a  rgb(254, 107, 74)  hsl(11, 99%, 64%)  Tomato
#fe4add  rgb(254, 74, 221)  hsl(311, 99%, 64%)  Rose Pink
#ddfe4a  rgb(221, 254, 74)  hsl(71, 99%, 64%)  Chartreuse Yellow