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#2FAACA

#2faaca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2faaca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 66.67% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.73% cyan, 15.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 192.39°, with 62.25% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.68.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3362

Complementary

  1. #2faaca
  2. #ca4f2f

Split complementary

  1. #2faaca
  2. #ca2f5c
  3. #ca9c2f

Analogous

  1. #2fca9c
  2. #2faaca
  3. #2f5cca

Triadic

  1. #2faaca
  2. #ca2faa
  3. #aaca2f

Tetradic

  1. #2faaca
  2. #4f2fca
  3. #ca4f2f
  4. #aaca2f

Square

  1. #2faaca
  2. #9c2fca
  3. #ca4f2f
  4. #5cca2f

Monochromatic

  1. #12424e
  2. #21768c
  3. #2faaca
  4. #69c4dc
  5. #a7ddeb

Shades

#2faaca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faaca
  2. #2a99b6
  3. #2688a2
  4. #21778d
  5. #1c6679
  6. #185565
  7. #134451
  8. #0e333d
  9. #092228
  10. #051114
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faaca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faaca
  2. #44b3cf
  3. #59bbd5
  4. #6dc4da
  5. #82ccdf
  6. #97d5e5
  7. #acddea
  8. #c1e6ef
  9. #d5eef4
  10. #eaf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faaca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faaca
  2. #37a6c3
  3. #3fa2bb
  4. #479db4
  5. #4f99ac
  6. #5895a5
  7. #60919e
  8. #688d96
  9. #70888f
  10. #788487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa2b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96a5cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8296ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7aa7cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a9fca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b0bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faaca {
  color: #2faaca;
}
Background
.bg-2faaca {
  background-color: #2faaca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faaca {
  border: 2px solid #2faaca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faaca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 170 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 62% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faaca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faaca, #2f5cca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faaca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 170 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.68 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.74 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.33 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.72 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.73 #d05535 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#2faaca  rgb(47, 170, 202)  hsl(192, 62%, 49%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca4f2f  rgb(202, 79, 47)  hsl(12, 62%, 49%)  Sinopia
#ca2faa  rgb(202, 47, 170)  hsl(312, 62%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#aaca2f  rgb(170, 202, 47)  hsl(72, 62%, 49%)  Yellow Green