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#4CBADA

#4cbada ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4cbada is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.8% red, 72.94% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.14% cyan, 14.68% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 193.52°, 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 9.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.

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Relative luminance0.4172

Complementary

  1. #4cbada
  2. #da6c4c

Split complementary

  1. #4cbada
  2. #da4c73
  3. #dab34c

Analogous

  1. #4cdab3
  2. #4cbada
  3. #4c73da

Triadic

  1. #4cbada
  2. #da4cba
  3. #bada4c

Tetradic

  1. #4cbada
  2. #6c4cda
  3. #da6c4c
  4. #bada4c

Square

  1. #4cbada
  2. #b34cda
  3. #da6c4c
  4. #73da4c

Monochromatic

  1. #186075
  2. #2594b4
  3. #4cbada
  4. #8bd2e7
  5. #cbebf4

Shades

#4cbada mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4cbada
  2. #44a7c4
  3. #3d95ae
  4. #358299
  5. #2e7083
  6. #265d6d
  7. #1e4a57
  8. #173841
  9. #0f252c
  10. #081316
  11. #000000

Tints

#4cbada mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4cbada
  2. #5ec1de
  3. #70c8e1
  4. #82cfe5
  5. #94d6e9
  6. #a6dded
  7. #b7e3f0
  8. #c9eaf4
  9. #dbf1f8
  10. #edf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4cbada mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4cbada
  2. #51b4d1
  3. #56aec8
  4. #5ca9bf
  5. #61a3b6
  6. #669dad
  7. #6b97a4
  8. #70919b
  9. #768c92
  10. #7b8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90b2c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b5dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92a6da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8bb7db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7cafda ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c0cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4cbada {
  color: #4cbada;
}
Background
.bg-4cbada {
  background-color: #4cbada;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4cbada {
  border: 2px solid #4cbada;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4cbada;
  --color-primary-rgb: 76 186 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 66% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4cbada {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4cbada, #4c73da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4cbada {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(76 186 218 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.00 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.25 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.49 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.92 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.34 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.60 #b34525 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#4cbada  rgb(76, 186, 218)  hsl(194, 66%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#da6c4c  rgb(218, 108, 76)  hsl(14, 66%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#da4cba  rgb(218, 76, 186)  hsl(314, 66%, 58%)  Shocking Pink
#bada4c  rgb(186, 218, 76)  hsl(74, 66%, 58%)  June Bud