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#5CA3BF

#5ca3bf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5ca3bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.08% red, 63.92% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.83% cyan, 14.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 196.97°, with 43.61% saturation and 55.49% 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 7.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.36.

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Relative luminance0.3223

Complementary

  1. #5ca3bf
  2. #bf785c

Split complementary

  1. #5ca3bf
  2. #bf5c72
  3. #bfa95c

Analogous

  1. #5cbfa9
  2. #5ca3bf
  3. #5c72bf

Triadic

  1. #5ca3bf
  2. #bf5ca3
  3. #a3bf5c

Tetradic

  1. #5ca3bf
  2. #785cbf
  3. #bf785c
  4. #a3bf5c

Square

  1. #5ca3bf
  2. #a95cbf
  3. #bf785c
  4. #72bf5c

Monochromatic

  1. #254d5d
  2. #3a7b94
  3. #5ca3bf
  4. #93c2d5
  5. #cae1ea

Shades

#5ca3bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ca3bf
  2. #5393ac
  3. #4a8299
  4. #407286
  5. #376273
  6. #2e5260
  7. #25414c
  8. #1c3139
  9. #122126
  10. #091013
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ca3bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ca3bf
  2. #6cacc5
  3. #7db5cc
  4. #8dbfd2
  5. #9dc8d9
  6. #aed1df
  7. #bedae5
  8. #cee3ec
  9. #deedf2
  10. #eff6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ca3bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ca3bf
  2. #60a0b9
  3. #639cb2
  4. #6799ac
  5. #6a95a6
  6. #6e92a0
  7. #728e99
  8. #758b93
  9. #79878d
  10. #7c8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #859eaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94a0c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8595bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #1eabac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81a1c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #779bbf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #40a8b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ca3bf {
  color: #5ca3bf;
}
Background
.bg-5ca3bf {
  background-color: #5ca3bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ca3bf {
  border: 2px solid #5ca3bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ca3bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 92 163 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 44% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ca3bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ca3bf, #5c72bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ca3bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(92 163 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.36 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.95 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.35 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.93 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.16 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.79 #a35c40 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5ca3bf  rgb(92, 163, 191)  hsl(197, 44%, 55%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf785c  rgb(191, 120, 92)  hsl(17, 44%, 55%)  Terra Cotta
#bf5ca3  rgb(191, 92, 163)  hsl(317, 44%, 55%)  Mulberry
#a3bf5c  rgb(163, 191, 92)  hsl(77, 44%, 55%)  Olivine