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#09AFCF

#09afcf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#09afcf is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 68.63% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.65% cyan, 15.46% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 189.7°, with 91.67% saturation and 42.35% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.98.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3522

Complementary

  1. #09afcf
  2. #cf2909

Split complementary

  1. #09afcf
  2. #cf094c
  3. #cf8c09

Analogous

  1. #09cf8c
  2. #09afcf
  3. #094ccf

Triadic

  1. #09afcf
  2. #cf09af
  3. #afcf09

Tetradic

  1. #09afcf
  2. #2909cf
  3. #cf2909
  4. #afcf09

Square

  1. #09afcf
  2. #8c09cf
  3. #cf2909
  4. #4ccf09

Monochromatic

  1. #03333c
  2. #067186
  3. #09afcf
  4. #2fd6f6
  5. #78e4f9

Shades

#09afcf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09afcf
  2. #089eba
  3. #078ca6
  4. #067b91
  5. #05697c
  6. #055868
  7. #044653
  8. #03353e
  9. #022329
  10. #011215
  11. #000000

Tints

#09afcf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09afcf
  2. #22b7d4
  3. #3abfd9
  4. #53c7dd
  5. #6bcfe2
  6. #84d7e7
  7. #9ddfec
  8. #b5e7f1
  9. #ceeff5
  10. #e6f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09afcf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09afcf
  2. #15aac7
  3. #21a6bf
  4. #2da1b7
  5. #399caf
  6. #4598a8
  7. #5093a0
  8. #5c8e98
  9. #688990
  10. #748588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa6b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9d1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8399cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bab9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aacd0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #68a2cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b6c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09afcf {
  color: #09afcf;
}
Background
.bg-09afcf {
  background-color: #09afcf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09afcf {
  border: 2px solid #09afcf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09afcf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 175 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09afcf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09afcf, #094ccf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09afcf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 175 207 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.98 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.05 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.60 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.80 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.18 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.72 #f65030 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#09afcf  rgb(9, 175, 207)  hsl(190, 92%, 42%)  Moonstone Blue
#cf2909  rgb(207, 41, 9)  hsl(10, 92%, 42%)  Rosso Corsa
#cf09af  rgb(207, 9, 175)  hsl(310, 92%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#afcf09  rgb(175, 207, 9)  hsl(70, 92%, 42%)  Yellow Green