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#28AECD

#28aecd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#28aecd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.69% red, 68.24% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.49% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 191.27°, with 67.35% saturation and 48.04% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.26.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3513

Complementary

  1. #28aecd
  2. #cd4728

Split complementary

  1. #28aecd
  2. #cd285c
  3. #cd9928

Analogous

  1. #28cd99
  2. #28aecd
  3. #285ccd

Triadic

  1. #28aecd
  2. #cd28ae
  3. #aecd28

Tetradic

  1. #28aecd
  2. #4728cd
  3. #cd4728
  4. #aecd28

Square

  1. #28aecd
  2. #9928cd
  3. #cd4728
  4. #5ccd28

Monochromatic

  1. #0f414d
  2. #1c788d
  3. #28aecd
  4. #61c8e0
  5. #a1dfed

Shades

#28aecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #28aecd
  2. #249db9
  3. #208ba4
  4. #1c7a90
  5. #18687b
  6. #145767
  7. #104652
  8. #0c343e
  9. #082329
  10. #041115
  11. #000000

Tints

#28aecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #28aecd
  2. #3eb6d2
  3. #53bed7
  4. #69c6dc
  5. #7ecee1
  6. #94d7e6
  7. #a9dfeb
  8. #bfe7f0
  9. #d4eff5
  10. #eaf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#28aecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #28aecd
  2. #31a9c5
  3. #3aa5be
  4. #42a0b6
  5. #4b9cae
  6. #5497a7
  7. #5d929f
  8. #668e97
  9. #6e898f
  10. #778588
  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 #81a6b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8599cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7cabce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ba2cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-28aecd {
  color: #28aecd;
}
Background
.bg-28aecd {
  background-color: #28aecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-28aecd {
  border: 2px solid #28aecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #28aecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 40 174 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 67% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-28aecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #28aecd, #285ccd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-28aecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(40 174 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.26 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.85 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.54 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.28 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.11 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.14 #d75132 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#28aecd  rgb(40, 174, 205)  hsl(191, 67%, 48%)  Moonstone Blue
#cd4728  rgb(205, 71, 40)  hsl(11, 67%, 48%)  Sinopia
#cd28ae  rgb(205, 40, 174)  hsl(311, 67%, 48%)  Medium Violet Red
#aecd28  rgb(174, 205, 40)  hsl(71, 67%, 48%)  Yellow Green