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#3399BC

#3399bc ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3399bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 20% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.87% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 195.33°, with 57.32% saturation and 46.86% 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 6.42:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 2.78.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2712

Complementary

  1. #3399bc
  2. #bc5633

Split complementary

  1. #3399bc
  2. #bc3354
  3. #bc9a33

Analogous

  1. #33bc9a
  2. #3399bc
  3. #3354bc

Triadic

  1. #3399bc
  2. #bc3399
  3. #99bc33

Tetradic

  1. #3399bc
  2. #5633bc
  3. #bc5633
  4. #99bc33

Square

  1. #3399bc
  2. #9a33bc
  3. #bc5633
  4. #54bc33

Monochromatic

  1. #123744
  2. #236880
  3. #3399bc
  4. #66b9d5
  5. #a2d5e6

Shades

#3399bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3399bc
  2. #2e8aa9
  3. #297a96
  4. #246b84
  5. #1f5c71
  6. #1a4d5e
  7. #143d4b
  8. #0f2e38
  9. #0a1f26
  10. #050f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#3399bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3399bc
  2. #47a3c3
  3. #5cadc9
  4. #70b8d0
  5. #85c2d7
  6. #99ccde
  7. #add6e4
  8. #c2e0eb
  9. #d6ebf2
  10. #ebf5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3399bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3399bc
  2. #3b97b6
  3. #4294b0
  4. #4a92aa
  5. #528fa4
  6. #5a8d9e
  7. #618a98
  8. #698892
  9. #71858c
  10. #788386
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7493a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8696be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7388bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e97bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #608fbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009fae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3399bc {
  color: #3399bc;
}
Background
.bg-3399bc {
  background-color: #3399bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3399bc {
  border: 2px solid #3399bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3399bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 51 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 57% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3399bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3399bc, #3354bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3399bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(51 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 2.78 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.43 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.67 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.87 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.73 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.84 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 11.22 #cc6643 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#3399bc  rgb(51, 153, 188)  hsl(195, 57%, 47%)  Bondi Blue
#bc5633  rgb(188, 86, 51)  hsl(15, 57%, 47%)  Sinopia
#bc3399  rgb(188, 51, 153)  hsl(315, 57%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#99bc33  rgb(153, 188, 51)  hsl(75, 57%, 47%)  Apple Green