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#3CA3BA

#3ca3ba ≈ Bondi Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3ca3ba is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 63.92% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.74% cyan, 12.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 190.95°, with 51.22% saturation and 48.24% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 5.63.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.307

Complementary

  1. #3ca3ba
  2. #ba533c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca3ba
  2. #ba3c64
  3. #ba923c

Analogous

  1. #3cba92
  2. #3ca3ba
  3. #3c64ba

Triadic

  1. #3ca3ba
  2. #ba3ca3
  3. #a3ba3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca3ba
  2. #533cba
  3. #ba533c
  4. #a3ba3c

Square

  1. #3ca3ba
  2. #923cba
  3. #ba533c
  4. #64ba3c

Monochromatic

  1. #173e46
  2. #297080
  3. #3ca3ba
  4. #71c0d1
  5. #abdae4

Shades

#3ca3ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca3ba
  2. #3693a7
  3. #308295
  4. #2a7282
  5. #246270
  6. #1e525d
  7. #18414a
  8. #123138
  9. #0c2125
  10. #061013
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca3ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca3ba
  2. #50acc1
  3. #63b5c8
  4. #77bfcf
  5. #8ac8d6
  6. #9ed1dd
  7. #b1dae3
  8. #c5e3ea
  9. #d8edf1
  10. #ecf6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca3ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca3ba
  2. #43a0b4
  3. #4a9cae
  4. #5099a9
  5. #5795a3
  6. #5e929d
  7. #658e97
  8. #6c8b91
  9. #72878c
  10. #798486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7c9ca6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #939ebb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8191ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00abaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aa0bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6c98ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca3ba {
  color: #3ca3ba;
}
Background
.bg-3ca3ba {
  background-color: #3ca3ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca3ba {
  border: 2px solid #3ca3ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca3ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 163 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 51% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca3ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca3ba, #3c64ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca3ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 163 186 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 5.63 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.31 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.81 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.71 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.37 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.67 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.68 #c35c45 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#3ca3ba  rgb(60, 163, 186)  hsl(191, 51%, 48%)  Bondi Blue
#ba533c  rgb(186, 83, 60)  hsl(11, 51%, 48%)  Persian Red
#ba3ca3  rgb(186, 60, 163)  hsl(311, 51%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#a3ba3c  rgb(163, 186, 60)  hsl(71, 51%, 48%)  Apple Green