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#218EBA

#218eba ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#218eba is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 12.94% red, 55.69% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.26% cyan, 23.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 197.25°, with 69.86% saturation and 42.94% 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 5.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.03.

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Relative luminance0.2321

Complementary

  1. #218eba
  2. #ba4d21

Split complementary

  1. #218eba
  2. #ba2142
  3. #ba9921

Analogous

  1. #21ba99
  2. #218eba
  3. #2142ba

Triadic

  1. #218eba
  2. #ba218e
  3. #8eba21

Tetradic

  1. #218eba
  2. #4d21ba
  3. #ba4d21
  4. #8eba21

Square

  1. #218eba
  2. #9921ba
  3. #ba4d21
  4. #42ba21

Monochromatic

  1. #0a2b38
  2. #155c79
  3. #218eba
  4. #49b4df
  5. #8aceea

Shades

#218eba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #218eba
  2. #1e80a7
  3. #1a7295
  4. #176382
  5. #145570
  6. #11475d
  7. #0d394a
  8. #0a2b38
  9. #071c25
  10. #030e13
  11. #000000

Tints

#218eba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #218eba
  2. #3799c1
  3. #4da5c8
  4. #64b0cf
  5. #7abbd6
  6. #90c7dd
  7. #a6d2e3
  8. #bcddea
  9. #d3e8f1
  10. #e9f4f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#218eba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #218eba
  2. #2b8db4
  3. #348bae
  4. #3e8aa9
  5. #4788a3
  6. #51879d
  7. #5a8697
  8. #648491
  9. #6d838c
  10. #778186
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6a889d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #788cbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #647eb9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009a9d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #608dbb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5185ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0095a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-218eba {
  color: #218eba;
}
Background
.bg-218eba {
  background-color: #218eba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-218eba {
  border: 2px solid #218eba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #218eba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 33 142 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 70% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-218eba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #218eba, #2142ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-218eba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(33 142 186 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.03 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.22 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 7.10 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 7.18 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.03 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.06 #417dc1 Tufts Blue ΔE 10.55 #de7145 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#218eba  rgb(33, 142, 186)  hsl(197, 70%, 43%)  Bondi Blue
#ba4d21  rgb(186, 77, 33)  hsl(17, 70%, 43%)  Rust
#ba218e  rgb(186, 33, 142)  hsl(317, 70%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#8eba21  rgb(142, 186, 33)  hsl(77, 70%, 43%)  Apple Green