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#38A7CA

#38a7ca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38a7ca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 65.49% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.28% cyan, 17.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 194.38°, with 57.94% saturation and 50.59% 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 7.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3274

Complementary

  1. #38a7ca
  2. #ca5b38

Split complementary

  1. #38a7ca
  2. #ca385e
  3. #caa438

Analogous

  1. #38caa4
  2. #38a7ca
  3. #385eca

Triadic

  1. #38a7ca
  2. #ca38a7
  3. #a7ca38

Tetradic

  1. #38a7ca
  2. #5b38ca
  3. #ca5b38
  4. #a7ca38

Square

  1. #38a7ca
  2. #a438ca
  3. #ca5b38
  4. #5eca38

Monochromatic

  1. #164453
  2. #26768f
  3. #38a7ca
  4. #74c2da
  5. #b1dcea

Shades

#38a7ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38a7ca
  2. #3296b6
  3. #2d86a2
  4. #27758d
  5. #226479
  6. #1c5465
  7. #164351
  8. #11323d
  9. #0b2128
  10. #061114
  11. #000000

Tints

#38a7ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38a7ca
  2. #4cb0cf
  3. #60b9d5
  4. #74c1da
  5. #88cadf
  6. #9cd3e5
  7. #afdcea
  8. #c3e5ef
  9. #d7edf4
  10. #ebf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38a7ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38a7ca
  2. #3fa3c3
  3. #469fbb
  4. #4e9bb4
  5. #5597ac
  6. #5c94a5
  7. #63909e
  8. #6a8c96
  9. #72888f
  10. #798487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa0b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a3cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f95ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79a5cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a9cca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aebc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38a7ca {
  color: #38a7ca;
}
Background
.bg-38a7ca {
  background-color: #38a7ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38a7ca {
  border: 2px solid #38a7ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38a7ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 167 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 58% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38a7ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38a7ca, #385eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38a7ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 167 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.00 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.18 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.16 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.96 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.41 #c75835 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#38a7ca  rgb(56, 167, 202)  hsl(194, 58%, 51%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca5b38  rgb(202, 91, 56)  hsl(14, 58%, 51%)  Flame
#ca38a7  rgb(202, 56, 167)  hsl(314, 58%, 51%)  Mulberry
#a7ca38  rgb(167, 202, 56)  hsl(74, 58%, 51%)  Yellow Green