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#4AA7BB

#4aa7bb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4aa7bb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 65.49% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60.43% cyan, 10.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 190.62°, with 45.38% saturation and 51.18% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.75.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3268

Complementary

  1. #4aa7bb
  2. #bb5e4a

Split complementary

  1. #4aa7bb
  2. #bb4a6f
  3. #bb974a

Analogous

  1. #4abb97
  2. #4aa7bb
  3. #4a6fbb

Triadic

  1. #4aa7bb
  2. #bb4aa7
  3. #a7bb4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aa7bb
  2. #5e4abb
  3. #bb5e4a
  4. #a7bb4a

Square

  1. #4aa7bb
  2. #974abb
  3. #bb5e4a
  4. #6fbb4a

Monochromatic

  1. #1d464f
  2. #327786
  3. #4aa7bb
  4. #82c2d0
  5. #b9dde5

Shades

#4aa7bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aa7bb
  2. #4396a8
  3. #3b8696
  4. #347583
  5. #2c6470
  6. #25545e
  7. #1e434b
  8. #163238
  9. #0f2125
  10. #071113
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aa7bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aa7bb
  2. #5cb0c2
  3. #6eb9c9
  4. #80c1cf
  5. #92cad6
  6. #a5d3dd
  7. #b7dce4
  8. #c9e5eb
  9. #dbedf1
  10. #edf6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aa7bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aa7bb
  2. #4fa3b5
  3. #559faf
  4. #5a9ba9
  5. #6097a3
  6. #65949e
  7. #6a9098
  8. #708c92
  9. #75888c
  10. #7b8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a0a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98a2bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8895bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a4bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #749dbb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #16acb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aa7bb {
  color: #4aa7bb;
}
Background
.bg-4aa7bb {
  background-color: #4aa7bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aa7bb {
  border: 2px solid #4aa7bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aa7bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 167 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 45% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aa7bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aa7bb, #4a6fbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aa7bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 167 187 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.75 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.15 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.30 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.59 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.71 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 12.06 #b55844 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#4aa7bb  rgb(74, 167, 187)  hsl(191, 45%, 51%)  Moonstone Blue
#bb5e4a  rgb(187, 94, 74)  hsl(11, 45%, 51%)  Redwood
#bb4aa7  rgb(187, 74, 167)  hsl(311, 45%, 51%)  Mulberry
#a7bb4a  rgb(167, 187, 74)  hsl(71, 45%, 51%)  Apple Green