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#40ADCA

#40adca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40adca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 67.84% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.32% cyan, 14.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 192.61°, with 56.56% saturation and 52.16% 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 8.05:1 (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 luminance0.3524

Complementary

  1. #40adca
  2. #ca5d40

Split complementary

  1. #40adca
  2. #ca4068
  3. #caa240

Analogous

  1. #40caa2
  2. #40adca
  3. #4068ca

Triadic

  1. #40adca
  2. #ca40ad
  3. #adca40

Tetradic

  1. #40adca
  2. #5d40ca
  3. #ca5d40
  4. #adca40

Square

  1. #40adca
  2. #a240ca
  3. #ca5d40
  4. #68ca40

Monochromatic

  1. #194b58
  2. #297e94
  3. #40adca
  4. #7cc7db
  5. #b8e0eb

Shades

#40adca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40adca
  2. #3a9cb6
  3. #338aa2
  4. #2d798d
  5. #266879
  6. #205765
  7. #1a4551
  8. #13343d
  9. #0d2328
  10. #061114
  11. #000000

Tints

#40adca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40adca
  2. #53b5cf
  3. #66bdd5
  4. #79c6da
  5. #8ccedf
  6. #a0d6e5
  7. #b3deea
  8. #c6e6ef
  9. #d9eff4
  10. #ecf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40adca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40adca
  2. #46a9c3
  3. #4da4bb
  4. #53a0b4
  5. #5a9bac
  6. #6097a5
  7. #66929e
  8. #6d8e96
  9. #73898f
  10. #7a8587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84a5b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba8cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #879aca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80aacb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #72a2ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b3be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40adca {
  color: #40adca;
}
Background
.bg-40adca {
  background-color: #40adca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40adca {
  border: 2px solid #40adca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40adca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 173 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 57% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40adca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40adca, #4068ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40adca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 173 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.12 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.59 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.66 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.27 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.62 #bf5235 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#40adca  rgb(64, 173, 202)  hsl(193, 57%, 52%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca5d40  rgb(202, 93, 64)  hsl(13, 57%, 52%)  Cinnabar
#ca40ad  rgb(202, 64, 173)  hsl(313, 57%, 52%)  Mulberry
#adca40  rgb(173, 202, 64)  hsl(73, 57%, 52%)  Yellow Green