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#4FA5BA

#4fa5ba ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4fa5ba is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.98% red, 64.71% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.53% cyan, 11.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 191.78°, with 43.67% saturation and 51.96% 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 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.01.

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Relative luminance0.3212

Complementary

  1. #4fa5ba
  2. #ba644f

Split complementary

  1. #4fa5ba
  2. #ba4f6f
  3. #ba9a4f

Analogous

  1. #4fba9a
  2. #4fa5ba
  3. #4f6fba

Triadic

  1. #4fa5ba
  2. #ba4fa5
  3. #a5ba4f

Tetradic

  1. #4fa5ba
  2. #644fba
  3. #ba644f
  4. #a5ba4f

Square

  1. #4fa5ba
  2. #9a4fba
  3. #ba644f
  4. #6fba4f

Monochromatic

  1. #204750
  2. #357787
  3. #4fa5ba
  4. #86c1d0
  5. #bddde5

Shades

#4fa5ba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4fa5ba
  2. #4795a7
  3. #3f8495
  4. #377482
  5. #2f6370
  6. #28535d
  7. #20424a
  8. #183238
  9. #102125
  10. #081113
  11. #000000

Tints

#4fa5ba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4fa5ba
  2. #61aec1
  3. #72b7c8
  4. #84c0cf
  5. #95c9d6
  6. #a7d2dd
  7. #b9dbe3
  8. #cae4ea
  9. #dcedf1
  10. #edf6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4fa5ba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4fa5ba
  2. #54a1b4
  3. #599eae
  4. #5e9aa9
  5. #6396a3
  6. #68939d
  7. #6c8f97
  8. #718b91
  9. #76878c
  10. #7b8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829ea8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97a0bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8794ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00adab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a2bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #749bba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #27aab1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4fa5ba {
  color: #4fa5ba;
}
Background
.bg-4fa5ba {
  background-color: #4fa5ba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4fa5ba {
  border: 2px solid #4fa5ba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4fa5ba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 79 165 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 44% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4fa5ba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4fa5ba, #4f6fba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4fa5ba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(79 165 186 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.01 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.80 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.34 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.94 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.33 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.42 #b05a45 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#4fa5ba  rgb(79, 165, 186)  hsl(192, 44%, 52%)  Moonstone Blue
#ba644f  rgb(186, 100, 79)  hsl(12, 44%, 52%)  Redwood
#ba4fa5  rgb(186, 79, 165)  hsl(312, 44%, 52%)  Mulberry
#a5ba4f  rgb(165, 186, 79)  hsl(72, 44%, 52%)  Apple Green