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#00AEE9

#00aee9 ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aee9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 68.24% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 195.19°, with 100% saturation and 45.69% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.71.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3616

Complementary

  1. #00aee9
  2. #e93b00

Split complementary

  1. #00aee9
  2. #e9003a
  3. #e9b000

Analogous

  1. #00e9b0
  2. #00aee9
  3. #003ae9

Triadic

  1. #00aee9
  2. #e900ae
  3. #aee900

Tetradic

  1. #00aee9
  2. #3b00e9
  3. #e93b00
  4. #aee900

Square

  1. #00aee9
  2. #b000e9
  3. #e93b00
  4. #3ae900

Monochromatic

  1. #003c50
  2. #00759d
  3. #00aee9
  4. #37ccff
  5. #83e0ff

Shades

#00aee9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aee9
  2. #009dd2
  3. #008bba
  4. #007aa3
  5. #00688c
  6. #005775
  7. #00465d
  8. #003446
  9. #00232f
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aee9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aee9
  2. #1ab6eb
  3. #33beed
  4. #4dc6f0
  5. #66cef2
  6. #80d7f4
  7. #99dff6
  8. #b3e7f8
  9. #cceffb
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aee9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aee9
  2. #0da9df
  3. #1aa5d4
  4. #26a0ca
  5. #339cbf
  6. #4097b5
  7. #4d92aa
  8. #5a8ea0
  9. #668995
  10. #73858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a7c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90acec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ae8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72adeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca2e8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aee9 {
  color: #00aee9;
}
Background
.bg-00aee9 {
  background-color: #00aee9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aee9 {
  border: 2px solid #00aee9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aee9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 174 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aee9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aee9, #003ae9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aee9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 174 233 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.71 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.20 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.40 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.71 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.39 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.94 #ff5116 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#00aee9  rgb(0, 174, 233)  hsl(195, 100%, 46%)  Deep Sky Blue
#e93b00  rgb(233, 59, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 46%)  Ferrari Red
#e900ae  rgb(233, 0, 174)  hsl(315, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#aee900  rgb(174, 233, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud