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#478FAA

#478faa ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#478faa is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.84% red, 56.08% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 58.24% cyan, 15.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 196.36°, with 41.08% saturation and 47.25% 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 5.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 4.03.

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Relative luminance0.2389

Complementary

  1. #478faa
  2. #aa6247

Split complementary

  1. #478faa
  2. #aa475d
  3. #aa9347

Analogous

  1. #47aa93
  2. #478faa
  3. #475daa

Triadic

  1. #478faa
  2. #aa478f
  3. #8faa47

Tetradic

  1. #478faa
  2. #6247aa
  3. #aa6247
  4. #8faa47

Square

  1. #478faa
  2. #9347aa
  3. #aa6247
  4. #5daa47

Monochromatic

  1. #1a343e
  2. #306274
  3. #478faa
  4. #77b1c6
  5. #add0dd

Shades

#478faa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #478faa
  2. #408199
  3. #397288
  4. #326477
  5. #2b5666
  6. #244855
  7. #1c3944
  8. #152b33
  9. #0e1d22
  10. #070e11
  11. #000000

Tints

#478faa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #478faa
  2. #599ab3
  3. #6ca5bb
  4. #7eb1c4
  5. #91bccc
  6. #a3c7d5
  7. #b5d2dd
  8. #c8dde6
  9. #dae9ee
  10. #edf4f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#478faa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #478faa
  2. #4d8ea6
  3. #528ca2
  4. #588b9d
  5. #5e8999
  6. #648895
  7. #698691
  8. #6f858d
  9. #758388
  10. #7a8284
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #728a96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #808cab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7282aa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #009798 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e8dab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6387aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #23949f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-478faa {
  color: #478faa;
}
Background
.bg-478faa {
  background-color: #478faa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-478faa {
  border: 2px solid #478faa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #478faa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 71 143 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 41% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-478faa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #478faa, #475daa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-478faa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(71 143 170 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 4.03 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 5.33 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 9.15 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 9.18 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.35 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.36 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.21 #b87055 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#478faa  rgb(71, 143, 170)  hsl(196, 41%, 47%)  Bondi Blue
#aa6247  rgb(170, 98, 71)  hsl(16, 41%, 47%)  Sienna
#aa478f  rgb(170, 71, 143)  hsl(316, 41%, 47%)  Deep Plum
#8faa47  rgb(143, 170, 71)  hsl(76, 41%, 47%)  Apple Green