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#5BB3CE

#5bb3ce ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5bb3ce is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 35.69% red, 70.2% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.83% cyan, 13.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 194.09°, with 53.99% saturation and 58.24% 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 8.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.99.

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Relative luminance0.3892

Complementary

  1. #5bb3ce
  2. #ce765b

Split complementary

  1. #5bb3ce
  2. #ce5b7a
  3. #ceb05b

Analogous

  1. #5bceb0
  2. #5bb3ce
  3. #5b7ace

Triadic

  1. #5bb3ce
  2. #ce5bb3
  3. #b3ce5b

Tetradic

  1. #5bb3ce
  2. #765bce
  3. #ce765b
  4. #b3ce5b

Square

  1. #5bb3ce
  2. #b05bce
  3. #ce765b
  4. #7ace5b

Monochromatic

  1. #215d6f
  2. #338eaa
  3. #5bb3ce
  4. #96cee0
  5. #d1eaf1

Shades

#5bb3ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5bb3ce
  2. #52a1b9
  3. #498fa5
  4. #407d90
  5. #376b7c
  6. #2e5a67
  7. #244852
  8. #1b363e
  9. #122429
  10. #091215
  11. #000000

Tints

#5bb3ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5bb3ce
  2. #6bbbd3
  3. #7cc2d8
  4. #8ccadd
  5. #9dd1e2
  6. #add9e7
  7. #bde1eb
  8. #cee8f0
  9. #def0f5
  10. #eff7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5bb3ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5bb3ce
  2. #5faec6
  3. #62a9be
  4. #66a4b7
  5. #6a9faf
  6. #6e9aa7
  7. #71949f
  8. #758f97
  9. #798a90
  10. #7c8588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8facb8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3afcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92a2ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcbb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cb1cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fa9ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #33b8c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5bb3ce {
  color: #5bb3ce;
}
Background
.bg-5bb3ce {
  background-color: #5bb3ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5bb3ce {
  border: 2px solid #5bb3ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5bb3ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 91 179 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 54% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5bb3ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5bb3ce, #5b7ace);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5bb3ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(91 179 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.99 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.11 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.83 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.53 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.78 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.19 #a44c31 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5bb3ce  rgb(91, 179, 206)  hsl(194, 54%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#ce765b  rgb(206, 118, 91)  hsl(14, 54%, 58%)  Terra Cotta
#ce5bb3  rgb(206, 91, 179)  hsl(314, 54%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#b3ce5b  rgb(179, 206, 91)  hsl(74, 54%, 58%)  June Bud