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#00A6CD

#00a6cd ≈ Bondi Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#00a6cd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 65.1% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 19.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 191.41°, with 100% saturation and 40.2% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3168

Complementary

  1. #00a6cd
  2. #cd2700

Split complementary

  1. #00a6cd
  2. #cd0040
  3. #cd8d00

Analogous

  1. #00cd8d
  2. #00a6cd
  3. #0040cd

Triadic

  1. #00a6cd
  2. #cd00a6
  3. #a6cd00

Tetradic

  1. #00a6cd
  2. #2700cd
  3. #cd2700
  4. #a6cd00

Square

  1. #00a6cd
  2. #8d00cd
  3. #cd2700
  4. #40cd00

Monochromatic

  1. #002a34
  2. #006881
  3. #00a6cd
  4. #1bd4ff
  5. #67e2ff

Shades

#00a6cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a6cd
  2. #0095b9
  3. #0085a4
  4. #007490
  5. #00647b
  6. #005367
  7. #004252
  8. #00323e
  9. #002129
  10. #001115
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a6cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a6cd
  2. #1aafd2
  3. #33b8d7
  4. #4dc1dc
  5. #66cae1
  6. #80d3e6
  7. #99dbeb
  8. #b3e4f0
  9. #ccedf5
  10. #e6f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a6cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a6cd
  2. #0da2c5
  3. #1a9ebe
  4. #269bb6
  5. #3397ae
  6. #4093a7
  7. #4d8f9f
  8. #5a8b97
  9. #66888f
  10. #738488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799eb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa2cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7892cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #71a4ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5f9acd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a6cd {
  color: #00a6cd;
}
Background
.bg-00a6cd {
  background-color: #00a6cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a6cd {
  border: 2px solid #00a6cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a6cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 166 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 100% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a6cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a6cd, #0040cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a6cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 166 205 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.58 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.61 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.13 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.45 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 12.24 #ff5932 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#00a6cd  rgb(0, 166, 205)  hsl(191, 100%, 40%)  Bondi Blue
#cd2700  rgb(205, 39, 0)  hsl(11, 100%, 40%)  Rosso Corsa
#cd00a6  rgb(205, 0, 166)  hsl(311, 100%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6cd00  rgb(166, 205, 0)  hsl(71, 100%, 40%)  Yellow Green