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#37AECE

#37aece ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#37aece is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.57% red, 68.24% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.3% cyan, 15.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 192.72°, with 60.64% saturation and 51.18% 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 8.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.44.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3554

Complementary

  1. #37aece
  2. #ce5737

Split complementary

  1. #37aece
  2. #ce3763
  3. #cea337

Analogous

  1. #37cea3
  2. #37aece
  3. #3763ce

Triadic

  1. #37aece
  2. #ce37ae
  3. #aece37

Tetradic

  1. #37aece
  2. #5737ce
  3. #ce5737
  4. #aece37

Square

  1. #37aece
  2. #a337ce
  3. #ce5737
  4. #63ce37

Monochromatic

  1. #154957
  2. #247c94
  3. #37aece
  4. #74c7dd
  5. #b2e0ec

Shades

#37aece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #37aece
  2. #329db9
  3. #2c8ba5
  4. #277a90
  5. #21687c
  6. #1c5767
  7. #164652
  8. #11343e
  9. #0b2329
  10. #061115
  11. #000000

Tints

#37aece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #37aece
  2. #4bb6d3
  3. #5fbed8
  4. #73c6dd
  5. #87cee2
  6. #9bd7e7
  7. #afdfeb
  8. #c3e7f0
  9. #d7eff5
  10. #ebf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#37aece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #37aece
  2. #3ea9c6
  3. #46a5be
  4. #4da0b7
  5. #549caf
  6. #5c97a7
  7. #63929f
  8. #6a8e97
  9. #718990
  10. #798588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a6b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #869ace ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7eabcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6fa3ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-37aece {
  color: #37aece;
}
Background
.bg-37aece {
  background-color: #37aece;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-37aece {
  border: 2px solid #37aece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #37aece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 55 174 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 61% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-37aece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #37aece, #3763ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-37aece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(55 174 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.44 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.97 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.88 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.44 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.20 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.56 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.09 #c85131 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#37aece  rgb(55, 174, 206)  hsl(193, 61%, 51%)  Moonstone Blue
#ce5737  rgb(206, 87, 55)  hsl(13, 61%, 51%)  Cinnabar
#ce37ae  rgb(206, 55, 174)  hsl(313, 61%, 51%)  Shocking Pink
#aece37  rgb(174, 206, 55)  hsl(73, 61%, 51%)  Yellow Green