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#36ABC5

#36abc5 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#36abc5 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 67.06% green and 77.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.59% cyan, 13.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 190.91°, with 56.97% saturation and 49.22% 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 7.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.1.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3394

Complementary

  1. #36abc5
  2. #c55036

Split complementary

  1. #36abc5
  2. #c53664
  3. #c59836

Analogous

  1. #36c598
  2. #36abc5
  3. #3664c5

Triadic

  1. #36abc5
  2. #c536ab
  3. #abc536

Tetradic

  1. #36abc5
  2. #5036c5
  3. #c55036
  4. #abc536

Square

  1. #36abc5
  2. #9836c5
  3. #c55036
  4. #64c536

Monochromatic

  1. #15434d
  2. #267789
  3. #36abc5
  4. #70c5d8
  5. #acdde8

Shades

#36abc5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36abc5
  2. #319ab1
  3. #2b899e
  4. #26788a
  5. #206776
  6. #1b5663
  7. #16444f
  8. #10333b
  9. #0b2227
  10. #051114
  11. #000000

Tints

#36abc5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36abc5
  2. #4ab3cb
  3. #5ebcd1
  4. #72c4d6
  5. #86cddc
  6. #9bd5e2
  7. #afdde8
  8. #c3e6ee
  9. #d7eef3
  10. #ebf7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36abc5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36abc5
  2. #3da7be
  3. #45a2b7
  4. #4c9eb0
  5. #549aa9
  6. #5b96a3
  7. #62919c
  8. #6a8d95
  9. #71898e
  10. #798487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.7:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #81a3af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a6c6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8697c5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7da8c6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ea0c5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36abc5 {
  color: #36abc5;
}
Background
.bg-36abc5 {
  background-color: #36abc5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36abc5 {
  border: 2px solid #36abc5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36abc5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 171 197;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 57% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36abc5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36abc5, #3664c5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36abc5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 171 197 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.10 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.37 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.74 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.99 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.46 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.61 #c9543a Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#36abc5  rgb(54, 171, 197)  hsl(191, 57%, 49%)  Moonstone Blue
#c55036  rgb(197, 80, 54)  hsl(11, 57%, 49%)  Cinnabar
#c536ab  rgb(197, 54, 171)  hsl(311, 57%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#abc536  rgb(171, 197, 54)  hsl(71, 57%, 49%)  Yellow Green