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#159FCE

#159fce ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#159fce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.24% red, 62.35% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.81% cyan, 22.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 195.24°, with 81.5% saturation and 44.51% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.49.

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Relative luminance0.2941

Complementary

  1. #159fce
  2. #ce4415

Split complementary

  1. #159fce
  2. #ce1543
  3. #cea015

Analogous

  1. #15cea0
  2. #159fce
  3. #1543ce

Triadic

  1. #159fce
  2. #ce159f
  3. #9fce15

Tetradic

  1. #159fce
  2. #4415ce
  3. #ce4415
  4. #9fce15

Square

  1. #159fce
  2. #a015ce
  3. #ce4415
  4. #43ce15

Monochromatic

  1. #073443
  2. #0e6989
  3. #159fce
  4. #44c1ec
  5. #89d8f3

Shades

#159fce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #159fce
  2. #138fb9
  3. #117fa5
  4. #0f6f90
  5. #0d5f7c
  6. #0b5067
  7. #084052
  8. #06303e
  9. #042029
  10. #021015
  11. #000000

Tints

#159fce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #159fce
  2. #2ca9d3
  3. #44b2d8
  4. #5bbcdd
  5. #73c5e2
  6. #8acfe7
  7. #a1d9eb
  8. #b9e2f0
  9. #d0ecf5
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#159fce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #159fce
  2. #209cc6
  3. #2a99be
  4. #3596b7
  5. #4093af
  6. #4b90a7
  7. #558c9f
  8. #608997
  9. #6b8690
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7598ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #869cd0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f8dcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00acaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9dcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5994ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a7bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-159fce {
  color: #159fce;
}
Background
.bg-159fce {
  background-color: #159fce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-159fce {
  border: 2px solid #159fce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #159fce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 21 159 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 82% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-159fce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #159fce, #1543ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-159fce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(21 159 206 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.49 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.82 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.68 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.40 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.65 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.61 #ea6031 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#159fce  rgb(21, 159, 206)  hsl(195, 82%, 45%)  Bondi Blue
#ce4415  rgb(206, 68, 21)  hsl(15, 82%, 45%)  Sinopia
#ce159f  rgb(206, 21, 159)  hsl(315, 82%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fce15  rgb(159, 206, 21)  hsl(75, 82%, 45%)  Yellow Green