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#21FDFD

#21fdfd ≈ Aqua

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#21fdfd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 99.22% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.96% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 98.21% saturation and 56.08% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Aqua (#00ffff), ΔE 0.51.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.7767

Complementary

  1. #21fdfd
  2. #fd2121

Split complementary

  1. #21fdfd
  2. #fd218f
  3. #fd8f21

Analogous

  1. #21fd8f
  2. #21fdfd
  3. #218ffd

Triadic

  1. #21fdfd
  2. #fd21fd
  3. #fdfd21

Tetradic

  1. #21fdfd
  2. #2121fd
  3. #fd2121
  4. #fdfd21

Square

  1. #21fdfd
  2. #8f21fd
  3. #fd2121
  4. #8ffd21

Monochromatic

  1. #018484
  2. #02d0d0
  3. #21fdfd
  4. #6dfefe
  5. #b9fefe

Shades

#21fdfd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #21fdfd
  2. #1ee4e4
  3. #1acaca
  4. #17b1b1
  5. #149898
  6. #117f7f
  7. #0d6565
  8. #0a4c4c
  9. #073333
  10. #031919
  11. #000000

Tints

#21fdfd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #21fdfd
  2. #37fdfd
  3. #4dfdfd
  4. #64fefe
  5. #7afefe
  6. #90fefe
  7. #a6fefe
  8. #bcfefe
  9. #d3ffff
  10. #e9ffff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#21fdfd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #21fdfd
  2. #2bf1f1
  3. #34e4e4
  4. #3ed8d8
  5. #47cbcb
  6. #51bfbf
  7. #5ab2b2
  8. #64a6a6
  9. #6d9999
  10. #778d8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b7eeee ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ecf0fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cfdbfe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00fffc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bdf5fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6eafe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00fffd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-21fdfd {
  color: #21fdfd;
}
Background
.bg-21fdfd {
  background-color: #21fdfd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-21fdfd {
  border: 2px solid #21fdfd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #21fdfd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 253 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 98% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-21fdfd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #21fdfd, #218ffd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-21fdfd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 253 253 / 0.35);
}

#00ffff Aqua ΔE 0.51 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 0.51 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 4.99 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.24 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.66 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.32 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 9.64 #de0202 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Aqua
#21fdfd  rgb(33, 253, 253)  hsl(180, 98%, 56%)  Aqua
#fd2121  rgb(253, 33, 33)  hsl(0, 98%, 56%)  Red
#fd21fd  rgb(253, 33, 253)  hsl(300, 98%, 56%)  Fuchsia
#fdfd21  rgb(253, 253, 33)  hsl(60, 98%, 56%)  Daffodil