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#43B2CA

#43b2ca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#43b2ca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.27% red, 69.8% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.83% cyan, 11.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 190.67°, with 56.02% saturation and 52.75% 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 8.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.2.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.373

Complementary

  1. #43b2ca
  2. #ca5b43

Split complementary

  1. #43b2ca
  2. #ca436f
  3. #ca9f43

Analogous

  1. #43ca9f
  2. #43b2ca
  3. #436fca

Triadic

  1. #43b2ca
  2. #ca43b2
  3. #b2ca43

Tetradic

  1. #43b2ca
  2. #5b43ca
  3. #ca5b43
  4. #b2ca43

Square

  1. #43b2ca
  2. #9f43ca
  3. #ca5b43
  4. #6fca43

Monochromatic

  1. #1a4f5b
  2. #2a8396
  3. #43b2ca
  4. #7fcadb
  5. #bae3ec

Shades

#43b2ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #43b2ca
  2. #3ca0b6
  3. #368ea2
  4. #2f7d8d
  5. #286b79
  6. #225965
  7. #1b4751
  8. #14353d
  9. #0d2428
  10. #071214
  11. #000000

Tints

#43b2ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #43b2ca
  2. #56bacf
  3. #69c1d5
  4. #7bc9da
  5. #8ed1df
  6. #a1d9e5
  7. #b4e0ea
  8. #c7e8ef
  9. #d9f0f4
  10. #ecf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#43b2ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #43b2ca
  2. #49adc3
  3. #4fa8bb
  4. #55a3b4
  5. #5b9eac
  6. #6299a5
  7. #68949e
  8. #6e8f96
  9. #748a8f
  10. #7a8587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88aab5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1accb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e9eca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bbb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85afcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #77a7ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-43b2ca {
  color: #43b2ca;
}
Background
.bg-43b2ca {
  background-color: #43b2ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-43b2ca {
  border: 2px solid #43b2ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #43b2ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 67 178 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 56% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-43b2ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #43b2ca, #436fca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-43b2ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(67 178 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.20 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.54 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.65 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.04 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.60 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.88 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.92 #bc4d35 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#43b2ca  rgb(67, 178, 202)  hsl(191, 56%, 53%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca5b43  rgb(202, 91, 67)  hsl(11, 56%, 53%)  Cinnabar
#ca43b2  rgb(202, 67, 178)  hsl(311, 56%, 53%)  Medium Orchid
#b2ca43  rgb(178, 202, 67)  hsl(71, 56%, 53%)  June Bud