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#00AEEA

#00aeea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00aeea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 25.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 195.38°, with 100% saturation and 45.88% 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 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 4.68.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3621

Complementary

  1. #00aeea
  2. #ea3c00

Split complementary

  1. #00aeea
  2. #ea0039
  3. #eab100

Analogous

  1. #00eab1
  2. #00aeea
  3. #0039ea

Triadic

  1. #00aeea
  2. #ea00ae
  3. #aeea00

Tetradic

  1. #00aeea
  2. #3c00ea
  3. #ea3c00
  4. #aeea00

Square

  1. #00aeea
  2. #b100ea
  3. #ea3c00
  4. #39ea00

Monochromatic

  1. #003c51
  2. #00759d
  3. #00aeea
  4. #37ccff
  5. #84dfff

Shades

#00aeea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00aeea
  2. #009dd3
  3. #008bbb
  4. #007aa4
  5. #00688c
  6. #005775
  7. #00465e
  8. #003446
  9. #00232f
  10. #001117
  11. #000000

Tints

#00aeea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00aeea
  2. #1ab6ec
  3. #33beee
  4. #4dc6f0
  5. #66cef2
  6. #80d7f5
  7. #99dff7
  8. #b3e7f9
  9. #cceffb
  10. #e6f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00aeea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00aeea
  2. #0da9df
  3. #1aa5d5
  4. #26a0ca
  5. #339cc0
  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 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a7c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aced ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #759ae9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bec3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71adec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5ca2e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00aeea {
  color: #00aeea;
}
Background
.bg-00aeea {
  background-color: #00aeea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00aeea {
  border: 2px solid #00aeea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00aeea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 174 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 100% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00aeea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00aeea, #0039ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00aeea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 174 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 4.68 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.14 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.30 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.81 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.57 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.91 #ff5115 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#00aeea  rgb(0, 174, 234)  hsl(195, 100%, 46%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea3c00  rgb(234, 60, 0)  hsl(15, 100%, 46%)  Coquelicot
#ea00ae  rgb(234, 0, 174)  hsl(315, 100%, 46%)  Shocking Pink
#aeea00  rgb(174, 234, 0)  hsl(75, 100%, 46%)  Spring Bud