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#49AFCA

#49afca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49afca is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 68.63% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.86% cyan, 13.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 192.56°, with 54.89% saturation and 53.92% 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 8.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.9.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3634

Complementary

  1. #49afca
  2. #ca6449

Split complementary

  1. #49afca
  2. #ca496e
  3. #caa449

Analogous

  1. #49caa4
  2. #49afca
  3. #496eca

Triadic

  1. #49afca
  2. #ca49af
  3. #afca49

Tetradic

  1. #49afca
  2. #6449ca
  3. #ca6449
  4. #afca49

Square

  1. #49afca
  2. #a449ca
  3. #ca6449
  4. #6eca49

Monochromatic

  1. #1c505e
  2. #2d839a
  3. #49afca
  4. #84c9db
  5. #bfe3ed

Shades

#49afca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49afca
  2. #429eb6
  3. #3a8ca2
  4. #337b8d
  5. #2c6979
  6. #255865
  7. #1d4651
  8. #16353d
  9. #0f2328
  10. #071214
  11. #000000

Tints

#49afca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49afca
  2. #5bb7cf
  3. #6dbfd5
  4. #80c7da
  5. #92cfdf
  6. #a4d7e5
  7. #b6dfea
  8. #c8e7ef
  9. #dbeff4
  10. #edf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49afca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49afca
  2. #4faac3
  3. #54a6bb
  4. #5aa1b4
  5. #5f9cac
  6. #6598a5
  7. #6a939e
  8. #708e96
  9. #75898f
  10. #7b8587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #88a8b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9eaacb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b9dca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84accb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76a4ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b5bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49afca {
  color: #49afca;
}
Background
.bg-49afca {
  background-color: #49afca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49afca {
  border: 2px solid #49afca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49afca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 175 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 55% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49afca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49afca, #496eca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49afca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 175 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.90 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.64 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.71 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.94 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.01 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.37 #b65035 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#49afca  rgb(73, 175, 202)  hsl(193, 55%, 54%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca6449  rgb(202, 100, 73)  hsl(13, 55%, 54%)  Terra Cotta
#ca49af  rgb(202, 73, 175)  hsl(313, 55%, 54%)  Mulberry
#afca49  rgb(175, 202, 73)  hsl(73, 55%, 54%)  June Bud