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#36B2CA

#36b2ca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#36b2ca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.18% red, 69.8% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.27% cyan, 11.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 189.73°, with 58.27% saturation and 50.2% 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 8.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.96.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3689

Complementary

  1. #36b2ca
  2. #ca4e36

Split complementary

  1. #36b2ca
  2. #ca3668
  3. #ca9836

Analogous

  1. #36ca98
  2. #36b2ca
  3. #3668ca

Triadic

  1. #36b2ca
  2. #ca36b2
  3. #b2ca36

Tetradic

  1. #36b2ca
  2. #4e36ca
  3. #ca4e36
  4. #b2ca36

Square

  1. #36b2ca
  2. #9836ca
  3. #ca4e36
  4. #68ca36

Monochromatic

  1. #154852
  2. #257d8e
  3. #36b2ca
  4. #73c9da
  5. #afe0ea

Shades

#36b2ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #36b2ca
  2. #31a0b6
  3. #2b8ea2
  4. #267d8d
  5. #206b79
  6. #1b5965
  7. #164751
  8. #10353d
  9. #0b2428
  10. #051214
  11. #000000

Tints

#36b2ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #36b2ca
  2. #4abacf
  3. #5ec1d5
  4. #72c9da
  5. #86d1df
  6. #9bd9e5
  7. #afe0ea
  8. #c3e8ef
  9. #d7f0f4
  10. #ebf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#36b2ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #36b2ca
  2. #3dadc3
  3. #45a8bb
  4. #4ca3b4
  5. #549eac
  6. #5b99a5
  7. #62949e
  8. #6a8f96
  9. #718a8f
  10. #798587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85aab4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0accb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c9dca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83aecb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #73a6ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b8c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-36b2ca {
  color: #36b2ca;
}
Background
.bg-36b2ca {
  background-color: #36b2ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-36b2ca {
  border: 2px solid #36b2ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #36b2ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 54 178 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 58% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-36b2ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #36b2ca, #3668ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-36b2ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(54 178 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.96 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.48 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.69 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.56 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.66 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.97 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 11.03 #c94d35 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#36b2ca  rgb(54, 178, 202)  hsl(190, 58%, 50%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca4e36  rgb(202, 78, 54)  hsl(10, 58%, 50%)  Cinnabar
#ca36b2  rgb(202, 54, 178)  hsl(310, 58%, 50%)  Medium Orchid
#b2ca36  rgb(178, 202, 54)  hsl(70, 58%, 50%)  June Bud