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#01AED6

#01aed6 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#01aed6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 68.24% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.53% cyan, 18.69% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 191.27°, with 99.07% saturation and 42.16% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.55.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3513

Complementary

  1. #01aed6
  2. #d62901

Split complementary

  1. #01aed6
  2. #d60143
  3. #d69401

Analogous

  1. #01d694
  2. #01aed6
  3. #0143d6

Triadic

  1. #01aed6
  2. #d601ae
  3. #aed601

Tetradic

  1. #01aed6
  2. #2901d6
  3. #d62901
  4. #aed601

Square

  1. #01aed6
  2. #9401d6
  3. #d62901
  4. #43d601

Monochromatic

  1. #00323e
  2. #01708a
  3. #01aed6
  4. #26d5fe
  5. #72e4fe

Shades

#01aed6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01aed6
  2. #019dc1
  3. #018bab
  4. #017a96
  5. #016880
  6. #01576b
  7. #004656
  8. #003440
  9. #00232b
  10. #001115
  11. #000000

Tints

#01aed6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01aed6
  2. #1ab6da
  3. #34bede
  4. #4dc6e2
  5. #67cee6
  6. #80d7eb
  7. #99dfef
  8. #b3e7f3
  9. #cceff7
  10. #e6f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01aed6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01aed6
  2. #0ea9cd
  3. #1aa5c5
  4. #27a0bc
  5. #349cb4
  6. #4197ab
  7. #4d92a2
  8. #5a8e9a
  9. #678991
  10. #738589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa6b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97aad8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f99d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #77abd7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a2d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01aed6 {
  color: #01aed6;
}
Background
.bg-01aed6 {
  background-color: #01aed6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01aed6 {
  border: 2px solid #01aed6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01aed6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 174 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 99% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01aed6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01aed6, #0143d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01aed6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 174 214 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.55 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.66 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.88 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.26 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.29 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.32 #fe5129 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#01aed6  rgb(1, 174, 214)  hsl(191, 99%, 42%)  Moonstone Blue
#d62901  rgb(214, 41, 1)  hsl(11, 99%, 42%)  Rosso Corsa
#d601ae  rgb(214, 1, 174)  hsl(311, 99%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#aed601  rgb(174, 214, 1)  hsl(71, 99%, 42%)  Yellow Green