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#178FBF

#178fbf ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#178fbf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 9.02% red, 56.08% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.96% cyan, 25.13% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 197.14°, 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 5.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.67.

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Relative luminance0.2359

Complementary

  1. #178fbf
  2. #bf4717

Split complementary

  1. #178fbf
  2. #bf173b
  3. #bf9b17

Analogous

  1. #17bf9b
  2. #178fbf
  3. #173bbf

Triadic

  1. #178fbf
  2. #bf178f
  3. #8fbf17

Tetradic

  1. #178fbf
  2. #4717bf
  3. #bf4717
  4. #8fbf17

Square

  1. #178fbf
  2. #9b17bf
  3. #bf4717
  4. #3bbf17

Monochromatic

  1. #072936
  2. #0f5c7b
  3. #178fbf
  4. #3bb6e7
  5. #7fd0f0

Shades

#178fbf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #178fbf
  2. #1581ac
  3. #127299
  4. #106486
  5. #0e5673
  6. #0c4860
  7. #09394c
  8. #072b39
  9. #051d26
  10. #020e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#178fbf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #178fbf
  2. #2e9ac5
  3. #45a5cc
  4. #5db1d2
  5. #74bcd9
  6. #8bc7df
  7. #a2d2e5
  8. #b9ddec
  9. #d1e9f2
  10. #e8f4f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#178fbf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #178fbf
  2. #228eb9
  3. #2c8cb2
  4. #378bac
  5. #4189a6
  6. #4c88a0
  7. #568699
  8. #618593
  9. #6b838d
  10. #768286
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a89a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #778ec1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #617fbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009c9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5f8ec0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #4e86bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0097ad ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-178fbf {
  color: #178fbf;
}
Background
.bg-178fbf {
  background-color: #178fbf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-178fbf {
  border: 2px solid #178fbf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #178fbf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 23 143 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 79% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-178fbf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #178fbf, #173bbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-178fbf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(23 143 191 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.64 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.18 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.46 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.57 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 9.51 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 10.45 #e87040 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#178fbf  rgb(23, 143, 191)  hsl(197, 79%, 42%)  Bondi Blue
#bf4717  rgb(191, 71, 23)  hsl(17, 79%, 42%)  Mahogany
#bf178f  rgb(191, 23, 143)  hsl(317, 79%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#8fbf17  rgb(143, 191, 23)  hsl(77, 79%, 42%)  Apple Green