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#2AAECE

#2aaece ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2aaece is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 68.24% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.61% cyan, 15.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 191.71°, with 66.13% saturation and 48.63% 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 7.08.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3522

Complementary

  1. #2aaece
  2. #ce4a2a

Split complementary

  1. #2aaece
  2. #ce2a5c
  3. #ce9c2a

Analogous

  1. #2ace9c
  2. #2aaece
  3. #2a5cce

Triadic

  1. #2aaece
  2. #ce2aae
  3. #aece2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aaece
  2. #4a2ace
  3. #ce4a2a
  4. #aece2a

Square

  1. #2aaece
  2. #9c2ace
  3. #ce4a2a
  4. #5cce2a

Monochromatic

  1. #10434f
  2. #1d788e
  3. #2aaece
  4. #65c8e0
  5. #a4deed

Shades

#2aaece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aaece
  2. #269db9
  3. #228ba5
  4. #1d7a90
  5. #19687c
  6. #155767
  7. #114652
  8. #0d343e
  9. #082329
  10. #041115
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aaece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aaece
  2. #3fb6d3
  3. #55bed8
  4. #6ac6dd
  5. #7fcee2
  6. #95d7e7
  7. #aadfeb
  8. #bfe7f0
  9. #d4eff5
  10. #eaf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aaece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aaece
  2. #33a9c6
  3. #3ba5be
  4. #44a0b7
  5. #4c9caf
  6. #5597a7
  7. #5e929f
  8. #668e97
  9. #6f8990
  10. #778588
  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 #81a6b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8499ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7cabcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca2ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aaece {
  color: #2aaece;
}
Background
.bg-2aaece {
  background-color: #2aaece;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aaece {
  border: 2px solid #2aaece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aaece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 174 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 66% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aaece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aaece, #2a5cce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aaece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 174 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.08 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.82 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.00 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.05 #d55131 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#2aaece  rgb(42, 174, 206)  hsl(192, 66%, 49%)  Moonstone Blue
#ce4a2a  rgb(206, 74, 42)  hsl(12, 66%, 49%)  Sinopia
#ce2aae  rgb(206, 42, 174)  hsl(312, 66%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#aece2a  rgb(174, 206, 42)  hsl(72, 66%, 49%)  Yellow Green