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#4CB8DA

#4cb8da ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4cb8da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.8% red, 72.16% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.14% cyan, 15.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 194.37°, with 65.74% saturation and 57.65% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.52.

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Relative luminance0.4088

Complementary

  1. #4cb8da
  2. #da6e4c

Split complementary

  1. #4cb8da
  2. #da4c71
  3. #dab54c

Analogous

  1. #4cdab5
  2. #4cb8da
  3. #4c71da

Triadic

  1. #4cb8da
  2. #da4cb8
  3. #b8da4c

Tetradic

  1. #4cb8da
  2. #6e4cda
  3. #da6e4c
  4. #b8da4c

Square

  1. #4cb8da
  2. #b54cda
  3. #da6e4c
  4. #71da4c

Monochromatic

  1. #185f75
  2. #2592b4
  3. #4cb8da
  4. #8bd1e7
  5. #cbeaf4

Shades

#4cb8da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4cb8da
  2. #44a6c4
  3. #3d93ae
  4. #358199
  5. #2e6e83
  6. #265c6d
  7. #1e4a57
  8. #173741
  9. #0f252c
  10. #081216
  11. #000000

Tints

#4cb8da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4cb8da
  2. #5ebfde
  3. #70c6e1
  4. #82cde5
  5. #94d4e9
  6. #a6dced
  7. #b7e3f0
  8. #c9eaf4
  9. #dbf1f8
  10. #edf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4cb8da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4cb8da
  2. #51b2d1
  3. #56adc8
  4. #5ca7bf
  5. #61a2b6
  6. #669cad
  7. #6b96a4
  8. #70919b
  9. #768b92
  10. #7b8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb1c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4b4dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90a5da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89b5db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7badda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bfcd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4cb8da {
  color: #4cb8da;
}
Background
.bg-4cb8da {
  background-color: #4cb8da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4cb8da {
  border: 2px solid #4cb8da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4cb8da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 76 184 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 66% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4cb8da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4cb8da, #4c71da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4cb8da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(76 184 218 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.52 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.92 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.50 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.04 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.20 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.20 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.86 #b34725 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#4cb8da  rgb(76, 184, 218)  hsl(194, 66%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#da6e4c  rgb(218, 110, 76)  hsl(14, 66%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#da4cb8  rgb(218, 76, 184)  hsl(314, 66%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#b8da4c  rgb(184, 218, 76)  hsl(74, 66%, 58%)  June Bud