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#40AED7

#40aed7 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#40aed7 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 25.1% red, 68.24% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 70.23% cyan, 19.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 196.29°, with 65.37% saturation and 54.71% 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 8.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.88.

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Relative luminance0.3627

Complementary

  1. #40aed7
  2. #d76940

Split complementary

  1. #40aed7
  2. #d74063
  3. #d7b540

Analogous

  1. #40d7b5
  2. #40aed7
  3. #4063d7

Triadic

  1. #40aed7
  2. #d740ae
  3. #aed740

Tetradic

  1. #40aed7
  2. #6940d7
  3. #d76940
  4. #aed740

Square

  1. #40aed7
  2. #b540d7
  3. #d76940
  4. #63d740

Monochromatic

  1. #165268
  2. #2384a7
  3. #40aed7
  4. #7fc9e4
  5. #bfe4f1

Shades

#40aed7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #40aed7
  2. #3a9dc2
  3. #338bac
  4. #2d7a97
  5. #266881
  6. #20576c
  7. #1a4656
  8. #133441
  9. #0d232b
  10. #061116
  11. #000000

Tints

#40aed7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #40aed7
  2. #53b6db
  3. #66bedf
  4. #79c6e3
  5. #8ccee7
  6. #a0d7eb
  7. #b3dfef
  8. #c6e7f3
  9. #d9eff7
  10. #ecf7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#40aed7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #40aed7
  2. #46a9ce
  3. #4da5c6
  4. #53a0bd
  5. #5a9cb4
  6. #6097ac
  7. #6692a3
  8. #6d8e9a
  9. #738991
  10. #7a8589
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #86a7ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98abd9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #839cd6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00babb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7eacd8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6ea3d7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-40aed7 {
  color: #40aed7;
}
Background
.bg-40aed7 {
  background-color: #40aed7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-40aed7 {
  border: 2px solid #40aed7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #40aed7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 64 174 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 65% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-40aed7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #40aed7, #4063d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-40aed7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(64 174 215 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.43 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.88 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.74 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.11 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.08 #bf5128 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#40aed7  rgb(64, 174, 215)  hsl(196, 65%, 55%)  Moonstone Blue
#d76940  rgb(215, 105, 64)  hsl(16, 65%, 55%)  Flame
#d740ae  rgb(215, 64, 174)  hsl(316, 65%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#aed740  rgb(174, 215, 64)  hsl(76, 65%, 55%)  June Bud