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#3EAAD2

#3eaad2 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3eaad2 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 66.67% green and 82.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.48% cyan, 19.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 17.65% black. Its hue angle is 196.22°, with 62.18% saturation and 53.33% 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 7.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.73.

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Relative luminance0.3443

Complementary

  1. #3eaad2
  2. #d2663e

Split complementary

  1. #3eaad2
  2. #d23e60
  3. #d2b03e

Analogous

  1. #3ed2b0
  2. #3eaad2
  3. #3e60d2

Triadic

  1. #3eaad2
  2. #d23eaa
  3. #aad23e

Tetradic

  1. #3eaad2
  2. #663ed2
  3. #d2663e
  4. #aad23e

Square

  1. #3eaad2
  2. #b03ed2
  3. #d2663e
  4. #60d23e

Monochromatic

  1. #164c60
  2. #257e9f
  3. #3eaad2
  4. #7cc5e0
  5. #bae1ef

Shades

#3eaad2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3eaad2
  2. #3899bd
  3. #3288a8
  4. #2b7793
  5. #25667e
  6. #1f5569
  7. #194454
  8. #13333f
  9. #0c222a
  10. #061115
  11. #000000

Tints

#3eaad2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3eaad2
  2. #51b3d7
  3. #65bbdb
  4. #78c4e0
  5. #8bcce4
  6. #9fd5e9
  7. #b2dded
  8. #c5e6f2
  9. #d8eef6
  10. #ecf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3eaad2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3eaad2
  2. #45a6ca
  3. #4ba2c2
  4. #529db9
  5. #5899b1
  6. #5f95a9
  7. #6691a1
  8. #6c8d99
  9. #738890
  10. #798488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a3b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95a7d4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8098d2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b6b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ba8d3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ca0d2 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3eaad2 {
  color: #3eaad2;
}
Background
.bg-3eaad2 {
  background-color: #3eaad2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3eaad2 {
  border: 2px solid #3eaad2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3eaad2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 170 210;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 62% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3eaad2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eaad2, #3e60d2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3eaad2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 170 210 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.73 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.44 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.42 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.62 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.99 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.08 #c1552d Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#3eaad2  rgb(62, 170, 210)  hsl(196, 62%, 53%)  Moonstone Blue
#d2663e  rgb(210, 102, 62)  hsl(16, 62%, 53%)  Flame
#d23eaa  rgb(210, 62, 170)  hsl(316, 62%, 53%)  Mulberry
#aad23e  rgb(170, 210, 62)  hsl(76, 62%, 53%)  Yellow Green