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#50ABC8

#50abc8 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#50abc8 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.37% red, 67.06% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 60% cyan, 14.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 194.5°, with 52.17% saturation and 54.9% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.62.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.35

Complementary

  1. #50abc8
  2. #c86d50

Split complementary

  1. #50abc8
  2. #c8506f
  3. #c8a950

Analogous

  1. #50c8a9
  2. #50abc8
  3. #506fc8

Triadic

  1. #50abc8
  2. #c850ab
  3. #abc850

Tetradic

  1. #50abc8
  2. #6d50c8
  3. #c86d50
  4. #abc850

Square

  1. #50abc8
  2. #a950c8
  3. #c86d50
  4. #6fc850

Monochromatic

  1. #1e5161
  2. #31819b
  3. #50abc8
  4. #8ac7da
  5. #c4e3ed

Shades

#50abc8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #50abc8
  2. #489ab4
  3. #4089a0
  4. #38788c
  5. #306778
  6. #285664
  7. #204450
  8. #18333c
  9. #102228
  10. #081114
  11. #000000

Tints

#50abc8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #50abc8
  2. #62b3ce
  3. #73bcd3
  4. #85c4d9
  5. #96cdde
  6. #a8d5e4
  7. #b9dde9
  8. #cbe6ef
  9. #dceef4
  10. #eef7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#50abc8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #50abc8
  2. #55a7c1
  3. #5aa2ba
  4. #5e9eb2
  5. #639aab
  6. #6896a4
  7. #6d919d
  8. #728d96
  9. #76898e
  10. #7b8487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87a4b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa7ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #899ac8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83a9c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76a1c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #1cb1bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-50abc8 {
  color: #50abc8;
}
Background
.bg-50abc8 {
  background-color: #50abc8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-50abc8 {
  border: 2px solid #50abc8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #50abc8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 80 171 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 52% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-50abc8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #50abc8, #506fc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-50abc8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(80 171 200 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.62 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.81 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.41 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.30 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.33 #af5437 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#50abc8  rgb(80, 171, 200)  hsl(195, 52%, 55%)  Moonstone Blue
#c86d50  rgb(200, 109, 80)  hsl(15, 52%, 55%)  Terra Cotta
#c850ab  rgb(200, 80, 171)  hsl(315, 52%, 55%)  Mulberry
#abc850  rgb(171, 200, 80)  hsl(75, 52%, 55%)  Yellow Green