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#26AECA

#26aeca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#26aeca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 14.9% red, 68.24% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 81.19% cyan, 13.86% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 190.24°, with 68.33% saturation and 47.06% 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 7.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.71.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3495

Complementary

  1. #26aeca
  2. #ca4226

Split complementary

  1. #26aeca
  2. #ca265c
  3. #ca9426

Analogous

  1. #26ca94
  2. #26aeca
  3. #265cca

Triadic

  1. #26aeca
  2. #ca26ae
  3. #aeca26

Tetradic

  1. #26aeca
  2. #4226ca
  3. #ca4226
  4. #aeca26

Square

  1. #26aeca
  2. #9426ca
  3. #ca4226
  4. #5cca26

Monochromatic

  1. #0e3f49
  2. #1a778a
  3. #26aeca
  4. #5ccae0
  5. #9ddfec

Shades

#26aeca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #26aeca
  2. #229db6
  3. #1e8ba2
  4. #1b7a8d
  5. #176879
  6. #135765
  7. #0f4651
  8. #0b343d
  9. #082328
  10. #041114
  11. #000000

Tints

#26aeca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #26aeca
  2. #3cb6cf
  3. #51bed5
  4. #67c6da
  5. #7dcedf
  6. #93d7e5
  7. #a8dfea
  8. #bee7ef
  9. #d4eff4
  10. #e9f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#26aeca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #26aeca
  2. #2fa9c3
  3. #38a5bb
  4. #41a0b4
  5. #4a9cac
  6. #5397a5
  7. #5c929e
  8. #658e96
  9. #6e898f
  10. #778587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a6b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba8cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8699ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7dabcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca2ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-26aeca {
  color: #26aeca;
}
Background
.bg-26aeca {
  background-color: #26aeca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-26aeca {
  border: 2px solid #26aeca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #26aeca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 38 174 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 68% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-26aeca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #26aeca, #265cca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-26aeca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(38 174 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.71 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.00 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.45 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.13 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.48 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.80 #d95135 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#26aeca  rgb(38, 174, 202)  hsl(190, 68%, 47%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca4226  rgb(202, 66, 38)  hsl(10, 68%, 47%)  Sinopia
#ca26ae  rgb(202, 38, 174)  hsl(310, 68%, 47%)  Medium Violet Red
#aeca26  rgb(174, 202, 38)  hsl(70, 68%, 47%)  Yellow Green