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#4BB9DC

#4bb9dc ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4bb9dc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 72.55% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.91% cyan, 15.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 194.48°, with 67.44% saturation and 57.84% 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 9.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.62.

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Relative luminance0.4136

Complementary

  1. #4bb9dc
  2. #dc6e4b

Split complementary

  1. #4bb9dc
  2. #dc4b70
  3. #dcb64b

Analogous

  1. #4bdcb6
  2. #4bb9dc
  3. #4b70dc

Triadic

  1. #4bb9dc
  2. #dc4bb9
  3. #b9dc4b

Tetradic

  1. #4bb9dc
  2. #6e4bdc
  3. #dc6e4b
  4. #b9dc4b

Square

  1. #4bb9dc
  2. #b64bdc
  3. #dc6e4b
  4. #70dc4b

Monochromatic

  1. #176077
  2. #2493b7
  3. #4bb9dc
  4. #8bd2e8
  5. #cbebf5

Shades

#4bb9dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4bb9dc
  2. #44a7c6
  3. #3c94b0
  4. #35829a
  5. #2d6f84
  6. #265d6e
  7. #1e4a58
  8. #173842
  9. #0f252c
  10. #081316
  11. #000000

Tints

#4bb9dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4bb9dc
  2. #5dc0e0
  3. #6fc7e3
  4. #81cee7
  5. #93d5ea
  6. #a5dcee
  7. #b7e3f1
  8. #c9eaf5
  9. #dbf1f8
  10. #edf8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4bb9dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4bb9dc
  2. #50b3d3
  3. #56aeca
  4. #5ba8c0
  5. #60a2b7
  6. #669dae
  7. #6b97a5
  8. #70919c
  9. #758b92
  10. #7b8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb1c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b5de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90a6dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ab6dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7aaedc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c0ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4bb9dc {
  color: #4bb9dc;
}
Background
.bg-4bb9dc {
  background-color: #4bb9dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4bb9dc {
  border: 2px solid #4bb9dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4bb9dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 185 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 67% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4bb9dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4bb9dc, #4b70dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4bb9dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 185 220 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.62 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.74 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.33 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.84 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.92 #b44623 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#4bb9dc  rgb(75, 185, 220)  hsl(194, 67%, 58%)  Deep Sky Blue
#dc6e4b  rgb(220, 110, 75)  hsl(14, 67%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#dc4bb9  rgb(220, 75, 185)  hsl(314, 67%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#b9dc4b  rgb(185, 220, 75)  hsl(74, 67%, 58%)  June Bud