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#18BDFD

#18bdfd ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#18bdfd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.41% red, 74.12% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 90.51% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 196.77°, with 98.28% saturation and 54.31% 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 9.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 0.68.

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Relative luminance0.4368

Complementary

  1. #18bdfd
  2. #fd5818

Split complementary

  1. #18bdfd
  2. #fd184a
  3. #fdca18

Analogous

  1. #18fdca
  2. #18bdfd
  3. #184afd

Triadic

  1. #18bdfd
  2. #fd18bd
  3. #bdfd18

Tetradic

  1. #18bdfd
  2. #5818fd
  3. #fd5818
  4. #bdfd18

Square

  1. #18bdfd
  2. #ca18fd
  3. #fd5818
  4. #4afd18

Monochromatic

  1. #01597b
  2. #0290c7
  3. #18bdfd
  4. #64d3fe
  5. #b0e8fe

Shades

#18bdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #18bdfd
  2. #16aae4
  3. #1397ca
  4. #1184b1
  5. #0e7198
  6. #0c5f7f
  7. #0a4c65
  8. #07394c
  9. #052633
  10. #021319
  11. #000000

Tints

#18bdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #18bdfd
  2. #2fc4fd
  3. #46cafd
  4. #5dd1fe
  5. #74d7fe
  6. #8cdefe
  7. #a3e5fe
  8. #baebfe
  9. #d1f2ff
  10. #e8f8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#18bdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #18bdfd
  2. #22b7f1
  3. #2db1e4
  4. #37abd8
  5. #42a5cb
  6. #4c9fbf
  7. #5698b2
  8. #6192a6
  9. #6b8c99
  10. #76868d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8db6d4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dbbff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a8fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ced3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7dbcff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #66b1fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c7e5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-18bdfd {
  color: #18bdfd;
}
Background
.bg-18bdfd {
  background-color: #18bdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-18bdfd {
  border: 2px solid #18bdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #18bdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 24 189 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 98% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-18bdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #18bdfd, #184afd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-18bdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(24 189 253 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 0.68 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.92 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.91 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.04 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.30 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.88 #e74202 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#18bdfd  rgb(24, 189, 253)  hsl(197, 98%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#fd5818  rgb(253, 88, 24)  hsl(17, 98%, 54%)  International Orange
#fd18bd  rgb(253, 24, 189)  hsl(317, 98%, 54%)  Shocking Pink
#bdfd18  rgb(189, 253, 24)  hsl(77, 98%, 54%)  Electric Lime