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#169ECC

#169ecc ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#169ecc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 8.63% red, 61.96% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 89.22% cyan, 22.55% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 195.16°, with 80.53% saturation and 44.31% 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.11.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.2898

Complementary

  1. #169ecc
  2. #cc4416

Split complementary

  1. #169ecc
  2. #cc1643
  3. #cc9f16

Analogous

  1. #16cc9f
  2. #169ecc
  3. #1643cc

Triadic

  1. #169ecc
  2. #cc169e
  3. #9ecc16

Tetradic

  1. #169ecc
  2. #4416cc
  3. #cc4416
  4. #9ecc16

Square

  1. #169ecc
  2. #9f16cc
  3. #cc4416
  4. #43cc16

Monochromatic

  1. #073342
  2. #0f6987
  3. #169ecc
  4. #44c1eb
  5. #89d8f2

Shades

#169ecc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #169ecc
  2. #148eb8
  3. #127ea3
  4. #0f6f8f
  5. #0d5f7a
  6. #0b4f66
  7. #093f52
  8. #072f3d
  9. #042029
  10. #021014
  11. #000000

Tints

#169ecc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #169ecc
  2. #2da8d1
  3. #45b1d6
  4. #5cbbdb
  5. #73c5e0
  6. #8bcfe6
  7. #a2d8eb
  8. #b9e2f0
  9. #d0ecf5
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#169ecc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #169ecc
  2. #219bc4
  3. #2b98bd
  4. #3695b5
  5. #4092ae
  6. #4b8fa6
  7. #568c9e
  8. #608997
  9. #6b868f
  10. #758388
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7597ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #869bce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f8ccb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6b9ccd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5993cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-169ecc {
  color: #169ecc;
}
Background
.bg-169ecc {
  background-color: #169ecc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-169ecc {
  border: 2px solid #169ecc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #169ecc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 22 158 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 81% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-169ecc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #169ecc, #1643cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-169ecc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(22 158 204 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.11 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.99 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.85 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.02 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.42 #e96133 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#169ecc  rgb(22, 158, 204)  hsl(195, 81%, 44%)  Bondi Blue
#cc4416  rgb(204, 68, 22)  hsl(15, 81%, 44%)  Sinopia
#cc169e  rgb(204, 22, 158)  hsl(315, 81%, 44%)  Medium Violet Red
#9ecc16  rgb(158, 204, 22)  hsl(75, 81%, 44%)  Yellow Green