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#5AA3BB

#5aa3bb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5aa3bb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 63.92% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.87% cyan, 12.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 194.85°, with 41.63% saturation and 54.31% 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 7.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.13.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3196

Complementary

  1. #5aa3bb
  2. #bb725a

Split complementary

  1. #5aa3bb
  2. #bb5a72
  3. #bba25a

Analogous

  1. #5abba2
  2. #5aa3bb
  3. #5a72bb

Triadic

  1. #5aa3bb
  2. #bb5aa3
  3. #a3bb5a

Tetradic

  1. #5aa3bb
  2. #725abb
  3. #bb725a
  4. #a3bb5a

Square

  1. #5aa3bb
  2. #a25abb
  3. #bb725a
  4. #72bb5a

Monochromatic

  1. #244b58
  2. #3b798e
  3. #5aa3bb
  4. #90c1d1
  5. #c6dfe8

Shades

#5aa3bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5aa3bb
  2. #5193a8
  3. #488296
  4. #3f7283
  5. #366270
  6. #2d525e
  7. #24414b
  8. #1b3138
  9. #122125
  10. #091013
  11. #000000

Tints

#5aa3bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5aa3bb
  2. #6bacc2
  3. #7bb5c9
  4. #8cbfcf
  5. #9cc8d6
  6. #add1dd
  7. #bddae4
  8. #cee3eb
  9. #deedf1
  10. #eff6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5aa3bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5aa3bb
  2. #5ea0b5
  3. #629caf
  4. #6599a9
  5. #6995a3
  6. #6d929e
  7. #718e98
  8. #758b92
  9. #78878c
  10. #7c8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #849da8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #959fbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8695bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1cabab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81a1bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #779bbb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3ea8b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5aa3bb {
  color: #5aa3bb;
}
Background
.bg-5aa3bb {
  background-color: #5aa3bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5aa3bb {
  border: 2px solid #5aa3bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5aa3bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 163 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 42% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5aa3bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5aa3bb, #5a72bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5aa3bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 163 187 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.13 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.73 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.38 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.88 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.62 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 11.75 #a55c44 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5aa3bb  rgb(90, 163, 187)  hsl(195, 42%, 54%)  Moonstone Blue
#bb725a  rgb(187, 114, 90)  hsl(15, 42%, 54%)  Terra Cotta
#bb5aa3  rgb(187, 90, 163)  hsl(315, 42%, 54%)  Mulberry
#a3bb5a  rgb(163, 187, 90)  hsl(75, 42%, 54%)  Olivine