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#178EB6

#178eb6 ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#178eb6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 55.69% green and 71.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.36% cyan, 21.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 195.09°, with 77.56% saturation and 40.2% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.58:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 3.71.

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Relative luminance0.2291

Complementary

  1. #178eb6
  2. #b63f17

Split complementary

  1. #178eb6
  2. #b6173f
  3. #b68f17

Analogous

  1. #17b68f
  2. #178eb6
  3. #173fb6

Triadic

  1. #178eb6
  2. #b6178e
  3. #8eb617

Tetradic

  1. #178eb6
  2. #3f17b6
  3. #b63f17
  4. #8eb617

Square

  1. #178eb6
  2. #8f17b6
  3. #b63f17
  4. #3fb617

Monochromatic

  1. #06242e
  2. #0e5972
  3. #178eb6
  4. #34b9e5
  5. #78d0ee

Shades

#178eb6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178eb6
  2. #1580a4
  3. #127292
  4. #10637f
  5. #0e556d
  6. #0c475b
  7. #093949
  8. #072b37
  9. #051c24
  10. #020e12
  11. #000000

Tints

#178eb6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178eb6
  2. #2e99bd
  3. #45a5c5
  4. #5db0cc
  5. #74bbd3
  6. #8bc7db
  7. #a2d2e2
  8. #b9dde9
  9. #d1e8f0
  10. #e8f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178eb6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178eb6
  2. #228db1
  3. #2c8bab
  4. #378aa6
  5. #4188a0
  6. #4c879b
  7. #568696
  8. #618490
  9. #6b838b
  10. #768185
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #69889a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #798bb8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #657db5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00999b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #608cb7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5084b6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0095a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178eb6 {
  color: #178eb6;
}
Background
.bg-178eb6 {
  background-color: #178eb6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178eb6 {
  border: 2px solid #178eb6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178eb6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 142 182;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 78% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178eb6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178eb6, #173fb6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178eb6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 142 182 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 3.71 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.77 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.20 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 8.34 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.07 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.84 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.37 #e87149 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#178eb6  rgb(23, 142, 182)  hsl(195, 78%, 40%)  Bondi Blue
#b63f17  rgb(182, 63, 23)  hsl(15, 78%, 40%)  Rust
#b6178e  rgb(182, 23, 142)  hsl(315, 78%, 40%)  Medium Violet Red
#8eb617  rgb(142, 182, 23)  hsl(75, 78%, 40%)  Apple Green