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#4BCDEA

#4bcdea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4bcdea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 80.39% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.95% cyan, 12.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 190.94°, with 79.1% saturation and 60.59% 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 11.22:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.14.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.511

Complementary

  1. #4bcdea
  2. #ea684b

Split complementary

  1. #4bcdea
  2. #ea4b7e
  3. #eab74b

Analogous

  1. #4beab7
  2. #4bcdea
  3. #4b7eea

Triadic

  1. #4bcdea
  2. #ea4bcd
  3. #cdea4b

Tetradic

  1. #4bcdea
  2. #684bea
  3. #ea684b
  4. #cdea4b

Square

  1. #4bcdea
  2. #b74bea
  3. #ea684b
  4. #7eea4b

Monochromatic

  1. #10758c
  2. #18afd0
  3. #4bcdea
  4. #90e0f2
  5. #d4f3fa

Shades

#4bcdea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4bcdea
  2. #44b9d3
  3. #3ca4bb
  4. #3590a4
  5. #2d7b8c
  6. #266775
  7. #1e525e
  8. #173e46
  9. #0f292f
  10. #081517
  11. #000000

Tints

#4bcdea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4bcdea
  2. #5dd2ec
  3. #6fd7ee
  4. #81dcf0
  5. #93e1f2
  6. #a5e6f5
  7. #b7ebf7
  8. #c9f0f9
  9. #dbf5fb
  10. #edfafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4bcdea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4bcdea
  2. #50c5df
  3. #56bed5
  4. #5bb6ca
  5. #60aec0
  6. #66a7b5
  7. #6b9faa
  8. #7097a0
  9. #758f95
  10. #7b888b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bdbdbd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9cc4d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b9c7ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2b6ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d8d6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99c9eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88c0ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d3de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4bcdea {
  color: #4bcdea;
}
Background
.bg-4bcdea {
  background-color: #4bcdea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4bcdea {
  border: 2px solid #4bcdea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4bcdea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 205 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4bcdea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4bcdea, #4b7eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4bcdea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 205 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.14 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.06 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.21 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.28 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.65 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.95 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.91 #b43215 Inverted #bdbdbd Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#4bcdea  rgb(75, 205, 234)  hsl(191, 79%, 61%)  Sky Blue
#ea684b  rgb(234, 104, 75)  hsl(11, 79%, 61%)  Burnt Sienna
#ea4bcd  rgb(234, 75, 205)  hsl(311, 79%, 61%)  Shocking Pink
#cdea4b  rgb(205, 234, 75)  hsl(71, 79%, 61%)  Pear