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#4BB8CB

#4bb8cb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4bb8cb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 72.16% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 63.05% cyan, 9.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 188.91°, with 55.17% saturation and 54.51% 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 8.56.

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Relative luminance0.4009

Complementary

  1. #4bb8cb
  2. #cb5e4b

Split complementary

  1. #4bb8cb
  2. #cb4b78
  3. #cb9e4b

Analogous

  1. #4bcb9e
  2. #4bb8cb
  3. #4b78cb

Triadic

  1. #4bb8cb
  2. #cb4bb8
  3. #b8cb4b

Tetradic

  1. #4bb8cb
  2. #5e4bcb
  3. #cb5e4b
  4. #b8cb4b

Square

  1. #4bb8cb
  2. #9e4bcb
  3. #cb5e4b
  4. #78cb4b

Monochromatic

  1. #1c5761
  2. #2d8c9c
  3. #4bb8cb
  4. #86cfdc
  5. #c2e7ed

Shades

#4bb8cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4bb8cb
  2. #44a6b7
  3. #3c93a2
  4. #35818e
  5. #2d6e7a
  6. #265c66
  7. #1e4a51
  8. #17373d
  9. #0f2529
  10. #081214
  11. #000000

Tints

#4bb8cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4bb8cb
  2. #5dbfd0
  3. #6fc6d5
  4. #81cddb
  5. #93d4e0
  6. #a5dce5
  7. #b7e3ea
  8. #c9eaef
  9. #dbf1f5
  10. #edf8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4bb8cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4bb8cb
  2. #50b2c4
  3. #56adbc
  4. #5ba7b5
  5. #60a2ad
  6. #669ca6
  7. #6b969e
  8. #709197
  9. #758b8f
  10. #7b8688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb0b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8b2cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a4cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cb4cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7eaccb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bdc3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4bb8cb {
  color: #4bb8cb;
}
Background
.bg-4bb8cb {
  background-color: #4bb8cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4bb8cb {
  border: 2px solid #4bb8cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4bb8cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 184 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 55% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4bb8cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4bb8cb, #4b78cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4bb8cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 184 203 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.56 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.22 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.35 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.51 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.67 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.73 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.08 #b44734 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#4bb8cb  rgb(75, 184, 203)  hsl(189, 55%, 55%)  Moonstone Blue
#cb5e4b  rgb(203, 94, 75)  hsl(9, 55%, 55%)  Cinnabar
#cb4bb8  rgb(203, 75, 184)  hsl(309, 55%, 55%)  Medium Orchid
#b8cb4b  rgb(184, 203, 75)  hsl(69, 55%, 55%)  June Bud