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#1A9BCA

#1a9bca ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1a9bca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.2% red, 60.78% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 87.13% cyan, 23.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 196.02°, 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 6.59:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.08.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2793

Complementary

  1. #1a9bca
  2. #ca491a

Split complementary

  1. #1a9bca
  2. #ca1a43
  3. #caa11a

Analogous

  1. #1acaa1
  2. #1a9bca
  3. #1a43ca

Triadic

  1. #1a9bca
  2. #ca1a9b
  3. #9bca1a

Tetradic

  1. #1a9bca
  2. #491aca
  3. #ca491a
  4. #9bca1a

Square

  1. #1a9bca
  2. #a11aca
  3. #ca491a
  4. #43ca1a

Monochromatic

  1. #093342
  2. #116786
  3. #1a9bca
  4. #49bde8
  5. #8dd6f0

Shades

#1a9bca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1a9bca
  2. #178cb6
  3. #157ca2
  4. #126d8d
  5. #105d79
  6. #0d4e65
  7. #0a3e51
  8. #082f3d
  9. #051f28
  10. #031014
  11. #000000

Tints

#1a9bca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1a9bca
  2. #31a5cf
  3. #48afd5
  4. #5fb9da
  5. #76c3df
  6. #8dcde5
  7. #a3d7ea
  8. #bae1ef
  9. #d1ebf4
  10. #e8f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1a9bca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1a9bca
  2. #2498c3
  3. #2e96bb
  4. #3993b4
  5. #4390ac
  6. #4d8ea5
  7. #578b9e
  8. #618896
  9. #6c858f
  10. #768387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #909090 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7395aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8399cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c89c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #689acb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5791ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a3b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1a9bca {
  color: #1a9bca;
}
Background
.bg-1a9bca {
  background-color: #1a9bca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1a9bca {
  border: 2px solid #1a9bca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1a9bca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 26 155 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 77% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1a9bca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1a9bca, #1a43ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1a9bca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(26 155 202 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.08 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.77 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.44 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.86 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.42 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.76 #e56435 Inverted #909090 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#1a9bca  rgb(26, 155, 202)  hsl(196, 77%, 45%)  Bondi Blue
#ca491a  rgb(202, 73, 26)  hsl(16, 77%, 45%)  Sinopia
#ca1a9b  rgb(202, 26, 155)  hsl(316, 77%, 45%)  Medium Violet Red
#9bca1a  rgb(155, 202, 26)  hsl(76, 77%, 45%)  Yellow Green