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#3FAEC7

#3faec7 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#3faec7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 24.71% red, 68.24% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.34% cyan, 12.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 191.03°, with 54.84% saturation and 51.37% 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 8.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.88.

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Relative luminance0.3545

Complementary

  1. #3faec7
  2. #c7583f

Split complementary

  1. #3faec7
  2. #c73f6a
  3. #c79c3f

Analogous

  1. #3fc79c
  2. #3faec7
  3. #3f6ac7

Triadic

  1. #3faec7
  2. #c73fae
  3. #aec73f

Tetradic

  1. #3faec7
  2. #583fc7
  3. #c7583f
  4. #aec73f

Square

  1. #3faec7
  2. #9c3fc7
  3. #c7583f
  4. #6ac73f

Monochromatic

  1. #194954
  2. #2a7d90
  3. #3faec7
  4. #7ac7d8
  5. #b5e0ea

Shades

#3faec7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #3faec7
  2. #399db3
  3. #328b9f
  4. #2c7a8b
  5. #266877
  6. #205764
  7. #194650
  8. #13343c
  9. #0d2328
  10. #061114
  11. #000000

Tints

#3faec7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #3faec7
  2. #52b6cd
  3. #65bed2
  4. #79c6d8
  5. #8ccedd
  6. #9fd7e3
  7. #b2dfe9
  8. #c5e7ee
  9. #d9eff4
  10. #ecf7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#3faec7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #3faec7
  2. #46a9c0
  3. #4ca5b9
  4. #53a0b2
  5. #599cab
  6. #6097a4
  7. #66929c
  8. #6d8e95
  9. #73898e
  10. #7a8587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a6b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da9c8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8a9bc7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82abc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #73a3c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-3faec7 {
  color: #3faec7;
}
Background
.bg-3faec7 {
  background-color: #3faec7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-3faec7 {
  border: 2px solid #3faec7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #3faec7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 63 174 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 55% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-3faec7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #3faec7, #3f6ac7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-3faec7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(63 174 199 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.88 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.35 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.33 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.72 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.87 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.99 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.29 #c05138 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#3faec7  rgb(63, 174, 199)  hsl(191, 55%, 51%)  Moonstone Blue
#c7583f  rgb(199, 88, 63)  hsl(11, 55%, 51%)  Cinnabar
#c73fae  rgb(199, 63, 174)  hsl(311, 55%, 51%)  Mulberry
#aec73f  rgb(174, 199, 63)  hsl(71, 55%, 51%)  Yellow Green