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#40ABC7

#40abc7 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40abc7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 67.06% green and 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.84% cyan, 14.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 192.44°, with 54.66% saturation and 51.57% 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.12.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3434

Complementary

  1. #40abc7
  2. #c75c40

Split complementary

  1. #40abc7
  2. #c74068
  3. #c79f40

Analogous

  1. #40c79f
  2. #40abc7
  3. #4068c7

Triadic

  1. #40abc7
  2. #c740ab
  3. #abc740

Tetradic

  1. #40abc7
  2. #5c40c7
  3. #c75c40
  4. #abc740

Square

  1. #40abc7
  2. #9f40c7
  3. #c75c40
  4. #68c740

Monochromatic

  1. #194955
  2. #2a7b90
  3. #40abc7
  4. #7bc5d8
  5. #b6dfea

Shades

#40abc7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40abc7
  2. #3a9ab3
  3. #33899f
  4. #2d788b
  5. #266777
  6. #205664
  7. #1a4450
  8. #13333c
  9. #0d2228
  10. #061114
  11. #000000

Tints

#40abc7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40abc7
  2. #53b3cd
  3. #66bcd2
  4. #79c4d8
  5. #8ccddd
  6. #a0d5e3
  7. #b3dde9
  8. #c6e6ee
  9. #d9eef4
  10. #ecf7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40abc7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40abc7
  2. #46a7c0
  3. #4da2b9
  4. #539eb2
  5. #5a9aab
  6. #6096a4
  7. #66919c
  8. #6d8d95
  9. #73898e
  10. #7a8487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83a4b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99a6c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8698c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fa8c8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #71a0c7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40abc7 {
  color: #40abc7;
}
Background
.bg-40abc7 {
  background-color: #40abc7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40abc7 {
  border: 2px solid #40abc7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40abc7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 171 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 55% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40abc7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40abc7, #4068c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40abc7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 171 199 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.12 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.36 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.67 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.79 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.36 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.15 #bf5438 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#40abc7  rgb(64, 171, 199)  hsl(192, 55%, 52%)  Moonstone Blue
#c75c40  rgb(199, 92, 64)  hsl(12, 55%, 52%)  Cinnabar
#c740ab  rgb(199, 64, 171)  hsl(312, 55%, 52%)  Mulberry
#abc740  rgb(171, 199, 64)  hsl(72, 55%, 52%)  Yellow Green