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#55BADE

#55bade ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#55bade is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 72.94% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.71% cyan, 16.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 195.77°, with 67.49% saturation and 60.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 6.08.

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Relative luminance0.4232

Complementary

  1. #55bade
  2. #de7955

Split complementary

  1. #55bade
  2. #de5576
  3. #debe55

Analogous

  1. #55debe
  2. #55bade
  3. #5576de

Triadic

  1. #55bade
  2. #de55ba
  3. #bade55

Tetradic

  1. #55bade
  2. #7955de
  3. #de7955
  4. #bade55

Square

  1. #55bade
  2. #be55de
  3. #de7955
  4. #76de55

Monochromatic

  1. #196681
  2. #2598c1
  3. #55bade
  4. #95d4ea
  5. #d5eef7

Shades

#55bade mixed progressively with black.

  1. #55bade
  2. #4da7c8
  3. #4495b2
  4. #3c829b
  5. #337085
  6. #2b5d6f
  7. #224a59
  8. #1a3843
  9. #11252c
  10. #091316
  11. #000000

Tints

#55bade mixed progressively with white.

  1. #55bade
  2. #66c1e1
  3. #77c8e5
  4. #88cfe8
  5. #99d6eb
  6. #aaddef
  7. #bbe3f2
  8. #cceaf5
  9. #ddf1f8
  10. #eef8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#55bade mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #55bade
  2. #59b4d5
  3. #5eaecb
  4. #62a9c2
  5. #66a3b8
  6. #6b9daf
  7. #6f97a6
  8. #73919c
  9. #778c93
  10. #7c8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93b3c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b6e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92a8de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5c6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8db8df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7eafde ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0cc1d0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-55bade {
  color: #55bade;
}
Background
.bg-55bade {
  background-color: #55bade;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-55bade {
  border: 2px solid #55bade;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #55bade;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 186 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 67% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-55bade {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #55bade, #5576de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-55bade {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 186 222 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.08 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.46 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.62 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.01 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.94 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.28 #aa4521 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#55bade  rgb(85, 186, 222)  hsl(196, 67%, 60%)  Deep Sky Blue
#de7955  rgb(222, 121, 85)  hsl(16, 67%, 60%)  Burnt Sienna
#de55ba  rgb(222, 85, 186)  hsl(316, 67%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#bade55  rgb(186, 222, 85)  hsl(76, 67%, 60%)  June Bud