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#03A5CE

#03a5ce ≈ Bondi Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#03a5ce is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.18% red, 64.71% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 98.54% cyan, 19.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 192.12°, with 97.13% saturation and 40.98% 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 7.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.52.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3139

Complementary

  1. #03a5ce
  2. #ce2c03

Split complementary

  1. #03a5ce
  2. #ce033f
  3. #ce9203

Analogous

  1. #03ce92
  2. #03a5ce
  3. #033fce

Triadic

  1. #03a5ce
  2. #ce03a5
  3. #a5ce03

Tetradic

  1. #03a5ce
  2. #2c03ce
  3. #ce2c03
  4. #a5ce03

Square

  1. #03a5ce
  2. #9203ce
  3. #ce2c03
  4. #3fce03

Monochromatic

  1. #012c37
  2. #026983
  3. #03a5ce
  4. #22d0fc
  5. #6de0fd

Shades

#03a5ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #03a5ce
  2. #0395b9
  3. #0284a5
  4. #027490
  5. #02637c
  6. #025367
  7. #014252
  8. #01323e
  9. #012129
  10. #001115
  11. #000000

Tints

#03a5ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #03a5ce
  2. #1caed3
  3. #35b7d8
  4. #4fc0dd
  5. #68c9e2
  6. #81d2e7
  7. #9adbeb
  8. #b3e4f0
  9. #cdedf5
  10. #e6f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#03a5ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #03a5ce
  2. #10a1c6
  3. #1c9ebe
  4. #299ab7
  5. #3596af
  6. #4293a7
  7. #4e8f9f
  8. #5b8b97
  9. #678790
  10. #748488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #789db0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea1d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7791ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #70a3cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d99ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adbe ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-03a5ce {
  color: #03a5ce;
}
Background
.bg-03a5ce {
  background-color: #03a5ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-03a5ce {
  border: 2px solid #03a5ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #03a5ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 3 165 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 97% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-03a5ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #03a5ce, #033fce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-03a5ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(3 165 206 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.52 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.61 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.71 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.74 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.09 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.46 #fc5a31 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#03a5ce  rgb(3, 165, 206)  hsl(192, 97%, 41%)  Bondi Blue
#ce2c03  rgb(206, 44, 3)  hsl(12, 97%, 41%)  Rosso Corsa
#ce03a5  rgb(206, 3, 165)  hsl(312, 97%, 41%)  Medium Violet Red
#a5ce03  rgb(165, 206, 3)  hsl(72, 97%, 41%)  Yellow Green