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#3CA6BF

#3ca6bf ≈ Bondi Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3ca6bf is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 65.1% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.59% cyan, 13.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 191.45°, with 52.19% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 6.15.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3199

Complementary

  1. #3ca6bf
  2. #bf553c

Split complementary

  1. #3ca6bf
  2. #bf3c65
  3. #bf973c

Analogous

  1. #3cbf97
  2. #3ca6bf
  3. #3c65bf

Triadic

  1. #3ca6bf
  2. #bf3ca6
  3. #a6bf3c

Tetradic

  1. #3ca6bf
  2. #553cbf
  3. #bf553c
  4. #a6bf3c

Square

  1. #3ca6bf
  2. #973cbf
  3. #bf553c
  4. #65bf3c

Monochromatic

  1. #17414b
  2. #2a7385
  3. #3ca6bf
  4. #74c1d3
  5. #aedbe6

Shades

#3ca6bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ca6bf
  2. #3695ac
  3. #308599
  4. #2a7486
  5. #246473
  6. #1e5360
  7. #18424c
  8. #123239
  9. #0c2126
  10. #061113
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ca6bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ca6bf
  2. #50afc5
  3. #63b8cc
  4. #77c1d2
  5. #8acad9
  6. #9ed3df
  7. #b1dbe5
  8. #c5e4ec
  9. #d8edf2
  10. #ecf6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ca6bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ca6bf
  2. #43a2b9
  3. #4a9eb2
  4. #509bac
  5. #5797a6
  6. #5e93a0
  7. #658f99
  8. #6c8b93
  9. #72888d
  10. #798486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9faa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95a1c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8393bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ba3c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d9bbf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ca6bf {
  color: #3ca6bf;
}
Background
.bg-3ca6bf {
  background-color: #3ca6bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ca6bf {
  border: 2px solid #3ca6bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ca6bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 166 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 52% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ca6bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ca6bf, #3c65bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ca6bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 166 191 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.15 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.82 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.55 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.17 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.73 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 11.78 #c35940 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#3ca6bf  rgb(60, 166, 191)  hsl(191, 52%, 49%)  Bondi Blue
#bf553c  rgb(191, 85, 60)  hsl(11, 52%, 49%)  Cinnabar
#bf3ca6  rgb(191, 60, 166)  hsl(311, 52%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#a6bf3c  rgb(166, 191, 60)  hsl(71, 52%, 49%)  Apple Green