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Deep Sky Blue Color

#00bfff

Deep Sky Blue Color

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A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Nearest Tailwind class sky-400 #00bcff · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#00bfff

RGB

rgb(0, 191, 255)

HSL

hsl(195.1, 100%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.1, 100%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(100%, 25.1%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(72.55, -17.66, -42.54)

LCH

lch(72.55, 46.06, 247.45)

OKLCH

oklch(75.5%, 0.1534, 231.64)

HWB

hwb(195.1, 0%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff4000

Analogous

#00ffc0

#00bfff

#003fff

Triadic

#00bfff

#ff00bf

#bfff00

Split-complementary

#00bfff

#ff003f

#ffc000

Tetradic

#00bfff

#4000ff

#ff4000

#bfff00

Square

#00bfff

#c000ff

#ff4000

#3fff00

Shades

Deep Sky Blue Color mixed toward black.

#009fd5

#007faa

#005f80

#004055

#00202a

Tints

Deep Sky Blue Color mixed toward white.

#2acaff

#55d4ff

#80dfff

#aaeaff

#d5f4ff

Tones

Deep Sky Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#15b4ea

#2aaad5

#409fbf

#5595aa

#6a8a95

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8384f2 · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#7a6eee · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#2de6e4 · ΔE 21.6

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 23

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #00bfff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#00bfff]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff) is rgb(0, 191, 255) in RGB.

No, #00bfff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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