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#38AED7

#38aed7 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#38aed7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 21.96% red, 68.24% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.95% cyan, 19.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 195.47°, with 66.53% saturation and 53.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.23.

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Relative luminance0.3602

Complementary

  1. #38aed7
  2. #d76138

Split complementary

  1. #38aed7
  2. #d7385f
  3. #d7b138

Analogous

  1. #38d7b1
  2. #38aed7
  3. #385fd7

Triadic

  1. #38aed7
  2. #d738ae
  3. #aed738

Tetradic

  1. #38aed7
  2. #6138d7
  3. #d76138
  4. #aed738

Square

  1. #38aed7
  2. #b138d7
  3. #d76138
  4. #5fd738

Monochromatic

  1. #144e62
  2. #2181a2
  3. #38aed7
  4. #78c8e4
  5. #b7e2f1

Shades

#38aed7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #38aed7
  2. #329dc2
  3. #2d8bac
  4. #277a97
  5. #226881
  6. #1c576c
  7. #164656
  8. #113441
  9. #0b232b
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#38aed7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #38aed7
  2. #4cb6db
  3. #60bedf
  4. #74c6e3
  5. #88cee7
  6. #9cd7eb
  7. #afdfef
  8. #c3e7f3
  9. #d7eff7
  10. #ebf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#38aed7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #38aed7
  2. #3fa9ce
  3. #46a5c6
  4. #4ea0bd
  5. #559cb4
  6. #5c97ac
  7. #6392a3
  8. #6a8e9a
  9. #728991
  10. #798589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a7b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98abd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #829bd7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7cacd8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca3d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-38aed7 {
  color: #38aed7;
}
Background
.bg-38aed7 {
  background-color: #38aed7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-38aed7 {
  border: 2px solid #38aed7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #38aed7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 56 174 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 67% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-38aed7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #38aed7, #385fd7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-38aed7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(56 174 215 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.23 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.59 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.30 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.40 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.56 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.32 #c75128 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#38aed7  rgb(56, 174, 215)  hsl(195, 67%, 53%)  Moonstone Blue
#d76138  rgb(215, 97, 56)  hsl(15, 67%, 53%)  Flame
#d738ae  rgb(215, 56, 174)  hsl(315, 67%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#aed738  rgb(174, 215, 56)  hsl(75, 67%, 53%)  June Bud