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#1A9ACA

#1a9aca ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1a9aca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.2% red, 60.39% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.13% cyan, 23.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 196.36°, with 77.19% saturation and 44.71% 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 6.52:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.27.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.276

Complementary

  1. #1a9aca
  2. #ca4a1a

Split complementary

  1. #1a9aca
  2. #ca1a42
  3. #caa21a

Analogous

  1. #1acaa2
  2. #1a9aca
  3. #1a42ca

Triadic

  1. #1a9aca
  2. #ca1a9a
  3. #9aca1a

Tetradic

  1. #1a9aca
  2. #4a1aca
  3. #ca4a1a
  4. #9aca1a

Square

  1. #1a9aca
  2. #a21aca
  3. #ca4a1a
  4. #42ca1a

Monochromatic

  1. #093342
  2. #116686
  3. #1a9aca
  4. #49bce8
  5. #8dd5f0

Shades

#1a9aca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1a9aca
  2. #178bb6
  3. #157ba2
  4. #126c8d
  5. #105c79
  6. #0d4d65
  7. #0a3e51
  8. #082e3d
  9. #051f28
  10. #030f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#1a9aca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1a9aca
  2. #31a4cf
  3. #48aed5
  4. #5fb8da
  5. #76c2df
  6. #8dcde5
  7. #a3d7ea
  8. #bae1ef
  9. #d1ebf4
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1a9aca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1a9aca
  2. #2497c3
  3. #2e95bb
  4. #3992b4
  5. #4390ac
  6. #4d8da5
  7. #578a9e
  8. #618896
  9. #6c858f
  10. #768387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7294aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8198cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b89c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a7aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6799cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5690ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a2b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1a9aca {
  color: #1a9aca;
}
Background
.bg-1a9aca {
  background-color: #1a9aca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1a9aca {
  border: 2px solid #1a9aca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1a9aca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 26 154 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 77% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1a9aca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a9aca, #1a42ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1a9aca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(26 154 202 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.27 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.66 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.85 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.92 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.04 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.89 #e56535 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#1a9aca  rgb(26, 154, 202)  hsl(196, 77%, 45%)  Bondi Blue
#ca4a1a  rgb(202, 74, 26)  hsl(16, 77%, 45%)  Sinopia
#ca1a9a  rgb(202, 26, 154)  hsl(316, 77%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9aca1a  rgb(154, 202, 26)  hsl(76, 77%, 45%)  Yellow Green