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#2CA8D0

#2ca8d0 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2ca8d0 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 65.88% green and 81.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 78.85% cyan, 19.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.43% black. Its hue angle is 194.63°, with 65.08% saturation and 49.41% 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 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.55.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3309

Complementary

  1. #2ca8d0
  2. #d0542c

Split complementary

  1. #2ca8d0
  2. #d02c56
  3. #d0a62c

Analogous

  1. #2cd0a6
  2. #2ca8d0
  3. #2c56d0

Triadic

  1. #2ca8d0
  2. #d02ca8
  3. #a8d02c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca8d0
  2. #542cd0
  3. #d0542c
  4. #a8d02c

Square

  1. #2ca8d0
  2. #a62cd0
  3. #d0542c
  4. #56d02c

Monochromatic

  1. #114252
  2. #1f7591
  3. #2ca8d0
  4. #69c3df
  5. #a8dced

Shades

#2ca8d0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca8d0
  2. #2897bb
  3. #2386a6
  4. #1f7692
  5. #1a657d
  6. #165468
  7. #124353
  8. #0d323e
  9. #09222a
  10. #041115
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca8d0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca8d0
  2. #41b1d5
  3. #56b9d9
  4. #6bc2de
  5. #80cbe3
  6. #96d4e8
  7. #abdcec
  8. #c0e5f1
  9. #d5eef6
  10. #eaf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca8d0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca8d0
  2. #34a4c8
  3. #3da0c0
  4. #459cb8
  5. #4e98b0
  6. #5694a8
  7. #5e90a0
  8. #678c98
  9. #6f8890
  10. #788488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7ea1b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a4d2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c95d0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76a6d1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #669dd0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afc0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca8d0 {
  color: #2ca8d0;
}
Background
.bg-2ca8d0 {
  background-color: #2ca8d0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca8d0 {
  border: 2px solid #2ca8d0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca8d0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 168 208;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 65% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca8d0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca8d0, #2c56d0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca8d0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 168 208 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.55 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.63 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.77 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.18 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.28 #d3572f Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#2ca8d0  rgb(44, 168, 208)  hsl(195, 65%, 49%)  Moonstone Blue
#d0542c  rgb(208, 84, 44)  hsl(15, 65%, 49%)  Flame
#d02ca8  rgb(208, 44, 168)  hsl(315, 65%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#a8d02c  rgb(168, 208, 44)  hsl(75, 65%, 49%)  Yellow Green