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#3CABCD

#3cabcd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3cabcd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 23.53% red, 67.06% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.73% cyan, 16.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 194.07°, with 59.18% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.84.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3449

Complementary

  1. #3cabcd
  2. #cd5e3c

Split complementary

  1. #3cabcd
  2. #cd3c62
  3. #cda63c

Analogous

  1. #3ccda6
  2. #3cabcd
  3. #3c62cd

Triadic

  1. #3cabcd
  2. #cd3cab
  3. #abcd3c

Tetradic

  1. #3cabcd
  2. #5e3ccd
  3. #cd5e3c
  4. #abcd3c

Square

  1. #3cabcd
  2. #a63ccd
  3. #cd5e3c
  4. #62cd3c

Monochromatic

  1. #174a59
  2. #267c96
  3. #3cabcd
  4. #79c5dd
  5. #b6dfec

Shades

#3cabcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3cabcd
  2. #369ab9
  3. #3089a4
  4. #2a7890
  5. #24677b
  6. #1e5667
  7. #184452
  8. #12333e
  9. #0c2229
  10. #061115
  11. #000000

Tints

#3cabcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3cabcd
  2. #50b3d2
  3. #63bcd7
  4. #77c4dc
  5. #8acde1
  6. #9ed5e6
  7. #b1ddeb
  8. #c5e6f0
  9. #d8eef5
  10. #ecf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3cabcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3cabcd
  2. #43a7c5
  3. #4aa2be
  4. #509eb6
  5. #579aae
  6. #5e96a7
  7. #65919f
  8. #6c8d97
  9. #72898f
  10. #798488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a4b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97a7cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8398cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7da9ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ea0cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3cabcd {
  color: #3cabcd;
}
Background
.bg-3cabcd {
  background-color: #3cabcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3cabcd {
  border: 2px solid #3cabcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3cabcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 60 171 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 59% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3cabcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3cabcd, #3c62cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3cabcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(60 171 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.84 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.29 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.21 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.20 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.95 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.25 #c35432 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#3cabcd  rgb(60, 171, 205)  hsl(194, 59%, 52%)  Moonstone Blue
#cd5e3c  rgb(205, 94, 60)  hsl(14, 59%, 52%)  Flame
#cd3cab  rgb(205, 60, 171)  hsl(314, 59%, 52%)  Mulberry
#abcd3c  rgb(171, 205, 60)  hsl(74, 59%, 52%)  Yellow Green