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#3EA5BB

#3ea5bb ≈ Bondi Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3ea5bb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 64.71% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.84% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 190.56°, with 50.2% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 6.32.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3152

Complementary

  1. #3ea5bb
  2. #bb543e

Split complementary

  1. #3ea5bb
  2. #bb3e66
  3. #bb923e

Analogous

  1. #3ebb92
  2. #3ea5bb
  3. #3e66bb

Triadic

  1. #3ea5bb
  2. #bb3ea5
  3. #a5bb3e

Tetradic

  1. #3ea5bb
  2. #543ebb
  3. #bb543e
  4. #a5bb3e

Square

  1. #3ea5bb
  2. #923ebb
  3. #bb543e
  4. #66bb3e

Monochromatic

  1. #184048
  2. #2b7282
  3. #3ea5bb
  4. #74c1d1
  5. #aedbe4

Shades

#3ea5bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3ea5bb
  2. #3895a8
  3. #328496
  4. #2b7483
  5. #256370
  6. #1f535e
  7. #19424b
  8. #133238
  9. #0c2125
  10. #061113
  11. #000000

Tints

#3ea5bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3ea5bb
  2. #51aec2
  3. #65b7c9
  4. #78c0cf
  5. #8bc9d6
  6. #9fd2dd
  7. #b2dbe4
  8. #c5e4eb
  9. #d8edf1
  10. #ecf6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3ea5bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3ea5bb
  2. #45a1b5
  3. #4b9eaf
  4. #529aa9
  5. #5896a3
  6. #5f939e
  7. #668f98
  8. #6c8b92
  9. #73878c
  10. #798486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7e9ea7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95a0bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8393bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ca2bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e9abb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aab2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3ea5bb {
  color: #3ea5bb;
}
Background
.bg-3ea5bb {
  background-color: #3ea5bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3ea5bb {
  border: 2px solid #3ea5bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3ea5bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 165 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 50% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3ea5bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3ea5bb, #3e66bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3ea5bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 165 187 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.32 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.29 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.62 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.06 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.86 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.93 #c15a44 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#3ea5bb  rgb(62, 165, 187)  hsl(191, 50%, 49%)  Bondi Blue
#bb543e  rgb(187, 84, 62)  hsl(11, 50%, 49%)  Persian Red
#bb3ea5  rgb(187, 62, 165)  hsl(311, 50%, 49%)  Purpureus
#a5bb3e  rgb(165, 187, 62)  hsl(71, 50%, 49%)  Apple Green