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#5AAECD

#5aaecd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5aaecd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.29% red, 68.24% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 56.1% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 196.17°, with 53.49% saturation and 57.84% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.83.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3685

Complementary

  1. #5aaecd
  2. #cd795a

Split complementary

  1. #5aaecd
  2. #cd5a74
  3. #cdb25a

Analogous

  1. #5acdb2
  2. #5aaecd
  3. #5a74cd

Triadic

  1. #5aaecd
  2. #cd5aae
  3. #aecd5a

Tetradic

  1. #5aaecd
  2. #795acd
  3. #cd795a
  4. #aecd5a

Square

  1. #5aaecd
  2. #b25acd
  3. #cd795a
  4. #74cd5a

Monochromatic

  1. #21586d
  2. #3388a8
  3. #5aaecd
  4. #95cbdf
  5. #cfe8f1

Shades

#5aaecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5aaecd
  2. #519db9
  3. #488ba4
  4. #3f7a90
  5. #36687b
  6. #2d5767
  7. #244652
  8. #1b343e
  9. #122329
  10. #091115
  11. #000000

Tints

#5aaecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5aaecd
  2. #6bb6d2
  3. #7bbed7
  4. #8cc6dc
  5. #9ccee1
  6. #add7e6
  7. #bddfeb
  8. #cee7f0
  9. #deeff5
  10. #eff7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5aaecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5aaecd
  2. #5ea9c5
  3. #62a5be
  4. #65a0b6
  5. #699cae
  6. #6d97a7
  7. #71929f
  8. #758e97
  9. #78898f
  10. #7c8588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ca8b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9dabcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c9ecd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b7b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87acce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7ba5cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #33b4c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5aaecd {
  color: #5aaecd;
}
Background
.bg-5aaecd {
  background-color: #5aaecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5aaecd {
  border: 2px solid #5aaecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5aaecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 90 174 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 53% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5aaecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5aaecd, #5a74cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5aaecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(90 174 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.83 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.78 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.07 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.07 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.53 #a55132 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5aaecd  rgb(90, 174, 205)  hsl(196, 53%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#cd795a  rgb(205, 121, 90)  hsl(16, 53%, 58%)  Burnt Sienna
#cd5aae  rgb(205, 90, 174)  hsl(316, 53%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#aecd5a  rgb(174, 205, 90)  hsl(76, 53%, 58%)  June Bud