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#259FC9

#259fc9 ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#259fc9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.51% red, 62.35% green and 78.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.59% cyan, 20.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 195.37°, with 68.91% saturation and 46.67% 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 6.88:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 4.71.

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Relative luminance0.2941

Complementary

  1. #259fc9
  2. #c94f25

Split complementary

  1. #259fc9
  2. #c9254d
  3. #c9a125

Analogous

  1. #25c9a1
  2. #259fc9
  3. #254dc9

Triadic

  1. #259fc9
  2. #c9259f
  3. #9fc925

Tetradic

  1. #259fc9
  2. #4f25c9
  3. #c94f25
  4. #9fc925

Square

  1. #259fc9
  2. #a125c9
  3. #c94f25
  4. #4dc925

Monochromatic

  1. #0d3948
  2. #196c88
  3. #259fc9
  4. #5abee1
  5. #9bd8ed

Shades

#259fc9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #259fc9
  2. #218fb5
  3. #1e7fa1
  4. #1a6f8d
  5. #165f79
  6. #135065
  7. #0f4050
  8. #0b303c
  9. #072028
  10. #041014
  11. #000000

Tints

#259fc9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #259fc9
  2. #3ba9ce
  3. #51b2d4
  4. #66bcd9
  5. #7cc5df
  6. #92cfe4
  7. #a8d9e9
  8. #bee2ef
  9. #d3ecf4
  10. #e9f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#259fc9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #259fc9
  2. #2e9cc2
  3. #3799ba
  4. #4096b3
  5. #4993ac
  6. #5390a5
  7. #5c8c9d
  8. #658996
  9. #6e868f
  10. #778387
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.88:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7798ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889ccb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #738dc8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e9dca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5d94c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a6b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-259fc9 {
  color: #259fc9;
}
Background
.bg-259fc9 {
  background-color: #259fc9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-259fc9 {
  border: 2px solid #259fc9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #259fc9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 37 159 201;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 69% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-259fc9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #259fc9, #254dc9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-259fc9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(37 159 201 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 4.71 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.28 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.81 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.15 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.07 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.84 #da6036 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#259fc9  rgb(37, 159, 201)  hsl(195, 69%, 47%)  Bondi Blue
#c94f25  rgb(201, 79, 37)  hsl(15, 69%, 47%)  Sinopia
#c9259f  rgb(201, 37, 159)  hsl(315, 69%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#9fc925  rgb(159, 201, 37)  hsl(75, 69%, 47%)  Yellow Green