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#178EBF

#178ebf ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#178ebf 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 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.96% cyan, 25.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 197.5°, with 78.5% saturation and 41.96% 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 5.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 6.1.

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Relative luminance0.2329

Complementary

  1. #178ebf
  2. #bf4817

Split complementary

  1. #178ebf
  2. #bf173a
  3. #bf9c17

Analogous

  1. #17bf9c
  2. #178ebf
  3. #173abf

Triadic

  1. #178ebf
  2. #bf178e
  3. #8ebf17

Tetradic

  1. #178ebf
  2. #4817bf
  3. #bf4817
  4. #8ebf17

Square

  1. #178ebf
  2. #9c17bf
  3. #bf4817
  4. #3abf17

Monochromatic

  1. #072836
  2. #0f5b7b
  3. #178ebf
  4. #3bb5e7
  5. #7fcff0

Shades

#178ebf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178ebf
  2. #1580ac
  3. #127299
  4. #106386
  5. #0e5573
  6. #0c4760
  7. #09394c
  8. #072b39
  9. #051c26
  10. #020e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#178ebf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178ebf
  2. #2e99c5
  3. #45a5cc
  4. #5db0d2
  5. #74bbd9
  6. #8bc7df
  7. #a2d2e5
  8. #b9ddec
  9. #d1e8f2
  10. #e8f4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178ebf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178ebf
  2. #228db9
  3. #2c8bb2
  4. #378aac
  5. #4188a6
  6. #4c87a0
  7. #568699
  8. #618493
  9. #6b838d
  10. #768186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a889f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #758dc1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #607ebe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009b9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5e8dc0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4d85bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0096ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178ebf {
  color: #178ebf;
}
Background
.bg-178ebf {
  background-color: #178ebf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178ebf {
  border: 2px solid #178ebf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178ebf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 142 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178ebf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178ebf, #173abf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178ebf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 142 191 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.10 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.58 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 6.80 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.17 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.69 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.16 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 10.03 #e87140 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#178ebf  rgb(23, 142, 191)  hsl(198, 79%, 42%)  Bondi Blue
#bf4817  rgb(191, 72, 23)  hsl(18, 79%, 42%)  Mahogany
#bf178e  rgb(191, 23, 142)  hsl(318, 79%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#8ebf17  rgb(142, 191, 23)  hsl(78, 79%, 42%)  Apple Green