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#2BACCE

#2bacce ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2bacce is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.86% red, 67.45% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 79.13% cyan, 16.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 192.52°, with 65.46% saturation and 48.82% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.77.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3447

Complementary

  1. #2bacce
  2. #ce4d2b

Split complementary

  1. #2bacce
  2. #ce2b5a
  3. #ce9f2b

Analogous

  1. #2bce9f
  2. #2bacce
  3. #2b5ace

Triadic

  1. #2bacce
  2. #ce2bac
  3. #acce2b

Tetradic

  1. #2bacce
  2. #4d2bce
  3. #ce4d2b
  4. #acce2b

Square

  1. #2bacce
  2. #9f2bce
  3. #ce4d2b
  4. #5ace2b

Monochromatic

  1. #11424f
  2. #1e778f
  3. #2bacce
  4. #66c6df
  5. #a6deec

Shades

#2bacce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2bacce
  2. #279bb9
  3. #228aa5
  4. #1e7890
  5. #1a677c
  6. #165667
  7. #114552
  8. #0d343e
  9. #092229
  10. #041115
  11. #000000

Tints

#2bacce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2bacce
  2. #40b4d3
  3. #55bdd8
  4. #6bc5dd
  5. #80cde2
  6. #95d6e7
  7. #aadeeb
  8. #bfe6f0
  9. #d5eef5
  10. #eaf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2bacce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2bacce
  2. #34a8c6
  3. #3ca3be
  4. #459fb7
  5. #4d9aaf
  6. #5696a7
  7. #5e929f
  8. #678d97
  9. #6f8990
  10. #788488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a4b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97a7d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8298ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ba9cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6aa0ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2bacce {
  color: #2bacce;
}
Background
.bg-2bacce {
  background-color: #2bacce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2bacce {
  border: 2px solid #2bacce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2bacce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 43 172 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 65% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2bacce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2bacce, #2b5ace);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2bacce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(43 172 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.77 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.29 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.90 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.21 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.28 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.37 #d45331 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#2bacce  rgb(43, 172, 206)  hsl(193, 65%, 49%)  Moonstone Blue
#ce4d2b  rgb(206, 77, 43)  hsl(13, 65%, 49%)  Sinopia
#ce2bac  rgb(206, 43, 172)  hsl(313, 65%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#acce2b  rgb(172, 206, 43)  hsl(73, 65%, 49%)  Yellow Green