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#31AECE

#31aece ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#31aece is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 19.22% red, 68.24% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 76.21% cyan, 15.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 192.23°, with 61.57% saturation and 50% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.76.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3538

Complementary

  1. #31aece
  2. #ce5131

Split complementary

  1. #31aece
  2. #ce315f
  3. #cea031

Analogous

  1. #31cea0
  2. #31aece
  3. #315fce

Triadic

  1. #31aece
  2. #ce31ae
  3. #aece31

Tetradic

  1. #31aece
  2. #5131ce
  3. #ce5131
  4. #aece31

Square

  1. #31aece
  2. #a031ce
  3. #ce5131
  4. #5fce31

Monochromatic

  1. #144652
  2. #227a90
  3. #31aece
  4. #6fc6dd
  5. #addfeb

Shades

#31aece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #31aece
  2. #2c9db9
  3. #278ba5
  4. #227a90
  5. #1d687c
  6. #195767
  7. #144652
  8. #0f343e
  9. #0a2329
  10. #051115
  11. #000000

Tints

#31aece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #31aece
  2. #46b6d3
  3. #5abed8
  4. #6fc6dd
  5. #83cee2
  6. #98d7e7
  7. #addfeb
  8. #c1e7f0
  9. #d6eff5
  10. #eaf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#31aece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #31aece
  2. #39a9c6
  3. #41a5be
  4. #49a0b7
  5. #519caf
  6. #5997a7
  7. #60929f
  8. #688e97
  9. #708990
  10. #788588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a6b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #859ace ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7dabcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6da2ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-31aece {
  color: #31aece;
}
Background
.bg-31aece {
  background-color: #31aece;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-31aece {
  border: 2px solid #31aece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #31aece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 49 174 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 62% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-31aece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #31aece, #315fce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-31aece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(49 174 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.90 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.04 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.51 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.77 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.07 #ce5131 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#31aece  rgb(49, 174, 206)  hsl(192, 62%, 50%)  Moonstone Blue
#ce5131  rgb(206, 81, 49)  hsl(12, 62%, 50%)  Cinnabar
#ce31ae  rgb(206, 49, 174)  hsl(312, 62%, 50%)  Medium Violet Red
#aece31  rgb(174, 206, 49)  hsl(72, 62%, 50%)  Yellow Green