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#4CA5C5

#4ca5c5 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4ca5c5 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.8% red, 64.71% green and 77.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.42% cyan, 16.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 195.87°, with 51.05% saturation and 53.53% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.68.

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Relative luminance0.3248

Complementary

  1. #4ca5c5
  2. #c56c4c

Split complementary

  1. #4ca5c5
  2. #c54c69
  3. #c5a94c

Analogous

  1. #4cc5a9
  2. #4ca5c5
  3. #4c69c5

Triadic

  1. #4ca5c5
  2. #c54ca5
  3. #a5c54c

Tetradic

  1. #4ca5c5
  2. #6c4cc5
  3. #c56c4c
  4. #a5c54c

Square

  1. #4ca5c5
  2. #a94cc5
  3. #c56c4c
  4. #69c54c

Monochromatic

  1. #1d4a5b
  2. #307a94
  3. #4ca5c5
  4. #86c2d8
  5. #c0dfea

Shades

#4ca5c5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ca5c5
  2. #4495b1
  3. #3d849e
  4. #35748a
  5. #2e6376
  6. #265363
  7. #1e424f
  8. #17323b
  9. #0f2127
  10. #081114
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ca5c5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ca5c5
  2. #5eaecb
  3. #70b7d1
  4. #82c0d6
  5. #94c9dc
  6. #a6d2e2
  7. #b7dbe8
  8. #c9e4ee
  9. #dbedf3
  10. #edf6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ca5c5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ca5c5
  2. #51a1be
  3. #569eb7
  4. #5c9ab0
  5. #6196a9
  6. #6693a3
  7. #6b8f9c
  8. #708b95
  9. #76878e
  10. #7b8487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829fad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #93a2c7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8295c5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7da3c6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #709cc5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #12abb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ca5c5 {
  color: #4ca5c5;
}
Background
.bg-4ca5c5 {
  background-color: #4ca5c5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ca5c5 {
  border: 2px solid #4ca5c5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ca5c5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 76 165 197;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 51% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ca5c5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ca5c5, #4c69c5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ca5c5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(76 165 197 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.68 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.32 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.90 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.00 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.75 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.89 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.81 #b35a3a Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#4ca5c5  rgb(76, 165, 197)  hsl(196, 51%, 54%)  Moonstone Blue
#c56c4c  rgb(197, 108, 76)  hsl(16, 51%, 54%)  Terra Cotta
#c54ca5  rgb(197, 76, 165)  hsl(316, 51%, 54%)  Mulberry
#a5c54c  rgb(165, 197, 76)  hsl(76, 51%, 54%)  Yellow Green