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#3FA6CA

#3fa6ca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3fa6ca is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 65.1% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.81% cyan, 17.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 195.54°, with 56.73% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.58.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3259

Complementary

  1. #3fa6ca
  2. #ca633f

Split complementary

  1. #3fa6ca
  2. #ca3f60
  3. #caa83f

Analogous

  1. #3fcaa8
  2. #3fa6ca
  3. #3f60ca

Triadic

  1. #3fa6ca
  2. #ca3fa6
  3. #a6ca3f

Tetradic

  1. #3fa6ca
  2. #633fca
  3. #ca633f
  4. #a6ca3f

Square

  1. #3fa6ca
  2. #a83fca
  3. #ca633f
  4. #60ca3f

Monochromatic

  1. #184758
  2. #297894
  3. #3fa6ca
  4. #7bc2db
  5. #b7deeb

Shades

#3fa6ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3fa6ca
  2. #3995b6
  3. #3285a2
  4. #2c748d
  5. #266479
  6. #205365
  7. #194251
  8. #13323d
  9. #0d2128
  10. #061114
  11. #000000

Tints

#3fa6ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3fa6ca
  2. #52afcf
  3. #65b8d5
  4. #79c1da
  5. #8ccadf
  6. #9fd3e5
  7. #b2dbea
  8. #c5e4ef
  9. #d9edf4
  10. #ecf6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3fa6ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3fa6ca
  2. #46a2c3
  3. #4c9ebb
  4. #539bb4
  5. #5997ac
  6. #6093a5
  7. #668f9e
  8. #6d8b96
  9. #73888f
  10. #7a8487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #809fb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a3cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f95ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79a4cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6b9cca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00adbc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3fa6ca {
  color: #3fa6ca;
}
Background
.bg-3fa6ca {
  background-color: #3fa6ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3fa6ca {
  border: 2px solid #3fa6ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3fa6ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 166 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3fa6ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3fa6ca, #3f60ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3fa6ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 166 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.58 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.26 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.24 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.98 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.39 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.37 #c05935 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#3fa6ca  rgb(63, 166, 202)  hsl(196, 57%, 52%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca633f  rgb(202, 99, 63)  hsl(16, 57%, 52%)  Flame
#ca3fa6  rgb(202, 63, 166)  hsl(316, 57%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a6ca3f  rgb(166, 202, 63)  hsl(76, 57%, 52%)  Yellow Green