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#08AED5

#08aed5 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#08aed5 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 68.24% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 96.24% cyan, 18.31% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 191.41°, with 92.76% saturation and 43.33% 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 7.49.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3513

Complementary

  1. #08aed5
  2. #d52f08

Split complementary

  1. #08aed5
  2. #d50848
  3. #d59508

Analogous

  1. #08d595
  2. #08aed5
  3. #0848d5

Triadic

  1. #08aed5
  2. #d508ae
  3. #aed508

Tetradic

  1. #08aed5
  2. #2f08d5
  3. #d52f08
  4. #aed508

Square

  1. #08aed5
  2. #9508d5
  3. #d52f08
  4. #48d508

Monochromatic

  1. #023642
  2. #05728b
  3. #08aed5
  4. #32d2f7
  5. #7ce2fa

Shades

#08aed5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08aed5
  2. #079dc0
  3. #068baa
  4. #067a95
  5. #056880
  6. #04576b
  7. #034655
  8. #023440
  9. #02232b
  10. #011115
  11. #000000

Tints

#08aed5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08aed5
  2. #21b6d9
  3. #39bedd
  4. #52c6e2
  5. #6bcee6
  6. #84d7ea
  7. #9cdfee
  8. #b5e7f2
  9. #ceeff7
  10. #e6f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08aed5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08aed5
  2. #14a9cd
  3. #20a5c4
  4. #2ca0bc
  5. #389cb3
  6. #4497ab
  7. #5092a2
  8. #5c8e9a
  9. #688991
  10. #748589
  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 #97a9d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f99d5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78abd6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #65a2d5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08aed5 {
  color: #08aed5;
}
Background
.bg-08aed5 {
  background-color: #08aed5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08aed5 {
  border: 2px solid #08aed5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08aed5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 174 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 93% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08aed5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08aed5, #0848d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08aed5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 174 213 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.49 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.85 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.09 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.34 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.44 #f7512a Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#08aed5  rgb(8, 174, 213)  hsl(191, 93%, 43%)  Moonstone Blue
#d52f08  rgb(213, 47, 8)  hsl(11, 93%, 43%)  Sinopia
#d508ae  rgb(213, 8, 174)  hsl(311, 93%, 43%)  Medium Violet Red
#aed508  rgb(174, 213, 8)  hsl(71, 93%, 43%)  Yellow Green