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#1CAED3

#1caed3 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#1caed3 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 10.98% red, 68.24% green and 82.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 86.73% cyan, 17.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 192.13°, with 76.57% saturation and 46.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.21.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3522

Complementary

  1. #1caed3
  2. #d3411c

Split complementary

  1. #1caed3
  2. #d31c52
  3. #d39c1c

Analogous

  1. #1cd39c
  2. #1caed3
  3. #1c52d3

Triadic

  1. #1caed3
  2. #d31cae
  3. #aed31c

Tetradic

  1. #1caed3
  2. #411cd3
  3. #d3411c
  4. #aed31c

Square

  1. #1caed3
  2. #9c1cd3
  3. #d3411c
  4. #52d31c

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3f4c
  2. #13768f
  3. #1caed3
  4. #53cae8
  5. #97dff1

Shades

#1caed3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #1caed3
  2. #199dbe
  3. #168ba9
  4. #147a94
  5. #11687f
  6. #0e576a
  7. #0b4654
  8. #08343f
  9. #06232a
  10. #031115
  11. #000000

Tints

#1caed3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #1caed3
  2. #33b6d7
  3. #49bedc
  4. #60c6e0
  5. #77cee5
  6. #8ed7e9
  7. #a4dfed
  8. #bbe7f2
  9. #d2eff6
  10. #e8f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#1caed3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #1caed3
  2. #26a9cb
  3. #30a5c2
  4. #3aa0ba
  5. #449cb2
  6. #4e97aa
  7. #5892a1
  8. #628e99
  9. #6c8991
  10. #768588
  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 #80a6b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98a9d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8199d3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00baba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aabd4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #67a2d3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-1caed3 {
  color: #1caed3;
}
Background
.bg-1caed3 {
  background-color: #1caed3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-1caed3 {
  border: 2px solid #1caed3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #1caed3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 28 174 211;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 77% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-1caed3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1caed3, #1c52d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-1caed3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(28 174 211 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.21 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.82 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.13 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.31 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.06 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.50 #e3512c Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#1caed3  rgb(28, 174, 211)  hsl(192, 77%, 47%)  Moonstone Blue
#d3411c  rgb(211, 65, 28)  hsl(12, 77%, 47%)  Sinopia
#d31cae  rgb(211, 28, 174)  hsl(312, 77%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#aed31c  rgb(174, 211, 28)  hsl(72, 77%, 47%)  Yellow Green