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#3E99BC

#3e99bc ≈ Bondi Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#3e99bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 60% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.02% cyan, 18.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 196.67°, with 50.4% saturation and 49.02% 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 6.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Bondi Blue (#0095b6), ΔE 3.61.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.2744

Complementary

  1. #3e99bc
  2. #bc613e

Split complementary

  1. #3e99bc
  2. #bc3e5a
  3. #bca03e

Analogous

  1. #3ebca0
  2. #3e99bc
  3. #3e5abc

Triadic

  1. #3e99bc
  2. #bc3e99
  3. #99bc3e

Tetradic

  1. #3e99bc
  2. #613ebc
  3. #bc613e
  4. #99bc3e

Square

  1. #3e99bc
  2. #a03ebc
  3. #bc613e
  4. #5abc3e

Monochromatic

  1. #183b49
  2. #2b6a82
  3. #3e99bc
  4. #75b8d1
  5. #afd5e4

Shades

#3e99bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3e99bc
  2. #388aa9
  3. #327a96
  4. #2b6b84
  5. #255c71
  6. #1f4d5e
  7. #193d4b
  8. #132e38
  9. #0c1f26
  10. #060f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#3e99bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3e99bc
  2. #51a3c3
  3. #65adc9
  4. #78b8d0
  5. #8bc2d7
  6. #9fccde
  7. #b2d6e4
  8. #c5e0eb
  9. #d8ebf2
  10. #ecf5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3e99bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3e99bc
  2. #4597b6
  3. #4b94b0
  4. #5292aa
  5. #588fa4
  6. #5f8d9e
  7. #668a98
  8. #6c8892
  9. #73858c
  10. #798386
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8f8f8f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7793a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8696be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7589bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a3a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7097bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6390bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #009fae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3e99bc {
  color: #3e99bc;
}
Background
.bg-3e99bc {
  background-color: #3e99bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3e99bc {
  border: 2px solid #3e99bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3e99bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 153 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 50% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3e99bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3e99bc, #3e5abc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3e99bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 153 188 / 0.35);
}

#0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 3.61 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.63 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.05 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.90 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 10.31 #007ba7 Cerulean ΔE 11.27 #c16643 Inverted #8f8f8f Grayscale 

Bondi Blue
#3e99bc  rgb(62, 153, 188)  hsl(197, 50%, 49%)  Bondi Blue
#bc613e  rgb(188, 97, 62)  hsl(17, 50%, 49%)  Sienna
#bc3e99  rgb(188, 62, 153)  hsl(317, 50%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#99bc3e  rgb(153, 188, 62)  hsl(77, 50%, 49%)  Apple Green