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#59AECB

#59aecb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#59aecb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.9% red, 68.24% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.16% cyan, 14.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 195.26°, with 52.29% saturation and 57.25% 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 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.05.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3671

Complementary

  1. #59aecb
  2. #cb7659

Split complementary

  1. #59aecb
  2. #cb5975
  3. #cbaf59

Analogous

  1. #59cbaf
  2. #59aecb
  3. #5975cb

Triadic

  1. #59aecb
  2. #cb59ae
  3. #aecb59

Tetradic

  1. #59aecb
  2. #7659cb
  3. #cb7659
  4. #aecb59

Square

  1. #59aecb
  2. #af59cb
  3. #cb7659
  4. #75cb59

Monochromatic

  1. #21576a
  2. #3387a4
  3. #59aecb
  4. #93cadd
  5. #cde7ef

Shades

#59aecb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #59aecb
  2. #509db7
  3. #478ba2
  4. #3e7a8e
  5. #35687a
  6. #2d5766
  7. #244651
  8. #1b343d
  9. #122329
  10. #091114
  11. #000000

Tints

#59aecb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #59aecb
  2. #6ab6d0
  3. #7abed5
  4. #8bc6db
  5. #9bcee0
  6. #acd7e5
  7. #bddfea
  8. #cde7ef
  9. #deeff5
  10. #eef7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#59aecb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #59aecb
  2. #5da9c4
  3. #61a5bc
  4. #65a0b5
  5. #699cad
  6. #6d97a6
  7. #70929e
  8. #748e97
  9. #78898f
  10. #7c8588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba8b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9daacd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d9ecb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87accc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ba5cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #32b4bf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-59aecb {
  color: #59aecb;
}
Background
.bg-59aecb {
  background-color: #59aecb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-59aecb {
  border: 2px solid #59aecb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #59aecb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 89 174 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 52% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-59aecb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #59aecb, #5975cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-59aecb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(89 174 203 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.05 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.41 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.84 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.94 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.19 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.75 #a65134 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#59aecb  rgb(89, 174, 203)  hsl(195, 52%, 57%)  Moonstone Blue
#cb7659  rgb(203, 118, 89)  hsl(15, 52%, 57%)  Terra Cotta
#cb59ae  rgb(203, 89, 174)  hsl(315, 52%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#aecb59  rgb(174, 203, 89)  hsl(75, 52%, 57%)  June Bud