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#35C8EA

#35c8ea ≈ Sky Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#35c8ea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20.78% red, 78.43% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.35% cyan, 14.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 191.27°, with 81.17% saturation and 56.27% 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 10.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sky Blue (#87ceeb), ΔE 6.75.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.4801

Complementary

  1. #35c8ea
  2. #ea5735

Split complementary

  1. #35c8ea
  2. #ea356d
  3. #eab135

Analogous

  1. #35eab1
  2. #35c8ea
  3. #356dea

Triadic

  1. #35c8ea
  2. #ea35c8
  3. #c8ea35

Tetradic

  1. #35c8ea
  2. #5735ea
  3. #ea5735
  4. #c8ea35

Square

  1. #35c8ea
  2. #b135ea
  3. #ea5735
  4. #6dea35

Monochromatic

  1. #0d6579
  2. #149fbf
  3. #35c8ea
  4. #7adbf1
  5. #c0eef8

Shades

#35c8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #35c8ea
  2. #30b4d3
  3. #2aa0bb
  4. #258ca4
  5. #20788c
  6. #1b6475
  7. #15505e
  8. #103c46
  9. #0b282f
  10. #051417
  11. #000000

Tints

#35c8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #35c8ea
  2. #49ceec
  3. #5dd3ee
  4. #72d9f0
  5. #86def2
  6. #9ae4f5
  7. #aee9f7
  8. #c2eff9
  9. #d7f4fb
  10. #ebfafd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#35c8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #35c8ea
  2. #3dc1df
  3. #44bad5
  4. #4cb2ca
  5. #53abc0
  6. #5ba4b5
  7. #629daa
  8. #6a96a0
  9. #718e95
  10. #79878b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b8b8b8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95bfce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b2c2ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ab1ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d4d3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91c4eb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ebaea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cfdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-35c8ea {
  color: #35c8ea;
}
Background
.bg-35c8ea {
  background-color: #35c8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-35c8ea {
  border: 2px solid #35c8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #35c8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 53 200 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-35c8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #35c8ea, #356dea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-35c8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(53 200 234 / 0.35);
}

#87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.75 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.48 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.16 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.25 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.55 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.67 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.73 #ca3715 Inverted #b8b8b8 Grayscale 

Sky Blue
#35c8ea  rgb(53, 200, 234)  hsl(191, 81%, 56%)  Sky Blue
#ea5735  rgb(234, 87, 53)  hsl(11, 81%, 56%)  Flame
#ea35c8  rgb(234, 53, 200)  hsl(311, 81%, 56%)  Shocking Pink
#c8ea35  rgb(200, 234, 53)  hsl(71, 81%, 56%)  Pear