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#3EAECE

#3eaece ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3eaece is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.31% red, 68.24% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.9% cyan, 15.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 193.33°, with 59.5% saturation and 52.55% 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 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.03.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3575

Complementary

  1. #3eaece
  2. #ce5e3e

Split complementary

  1. #3eaece
  2. #ce3e66
  3. #cea63e

Analogous

  1. #3ecea6
  2. #3eaece
  3. #3e66ce

Triadic

  1. #3eaece
  2. #ce3eae
  3. #aece3e

Tetradic

  1. #3eaece
  2. #5e3ece
  3. #ce5e3e
  4. #aece3e

Square

  1. #3eaece
  2. #a63ece
  3. #ce5e3e
  4. #66ce3e

Monochromatic

  1. #174d5c
  2. #277f99
  3. #3eaece
  4. #7bc8dd
  5. #b8e1ed

Shades

#3eaece mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3eaece
  2. #389db9
  3. #328ba5
  4. #2b7a90
  5. #25687c
  6. #1f5767
  7. #194652
  8. #13343e
  9. #0c2329
  10. #061115
  11. #000000

Tints

#3eaece mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3eaece
  2. #51b6d3
  3. #65bed8
  4. #78c6dd
  5. #8bcee2
  6. #9fd7e7
  7. #b2dfeb
  8. #c5e7f0
  9. #d8eff5
  10. #ecf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3eaece mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3eaece
  2. #45a9c6
  3. #4ba5be
  4. #52a0b7
  5. #589caf
  6. #5f97a7
  7. #66929f
  8. #6c8e97
  9. #738990
  10. #798588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a6b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9baad0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #879bce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80abcf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #71a3ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3eaece {
  color: #3eaece;
}
Background
.bg-3eaece {
  background-color: #3eaece;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3eaece {
  border: 2px solid #3eaece;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3eaece;
  --color-primary-rgb: 62 174 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 60% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3eaece {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3eaece, #3e66ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3eaece {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(62 174 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.03 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.08 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.68 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.78 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.28 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.86 #c15131 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#3eaece  rgb(62, 174, 206)  hsl(193, 60%, 53%)  Moonstone Blue
#ce5e3e  rgb(206, 94, 62)  hsl(13, 60%, 53%)  Flame
#ce3eae  rgb(206, 62, 174)  hsl(313, 60%, 53%)  Shocking Pink
#aece3e  rgb(174, 206, 62)  hsl(73, 60%, 53%)  Yellow Green