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#5CB5CD

#5cb5cd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5cb5cd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.08% red, 70.98% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.12% cyan, 11.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 192.74°, with 53.05% 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 8.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.78.

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Relative luminance0.3973

Complementary

  1. #5cb5cd
  2. #cd745c

Split complementary

  1. #5cb5cd
  2. #cd5c7d
  3. #cdad5c

Analogous

  1. #5ccdad
  2. #5cb5cd
  3. #5c7dcd

Triadic

  1. #5cb5cd
  2. #cd5cb5
  3. #b5cd5c

Tetradic

  1. #5cb5cd
  2. #745ccd
  3. #cd745c
  4. #b5cd5c

Square

  1. #5cb5cd
  2. #ad5ccd
  3. #cd745c
  4. #7dcd5c

Monochromatic

  1. #225e6e
  2. #3490a9
  3. #5cb5cd
  4. #97d0df
  5. #d1eaf1

Shades

#5cb5cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5cb5cd
  2. #53a3b9
  3. #4a91a4
  4. #407f90
  5. #376d7b
  6. #2e5b67
  7. #254852
  8. #1c363e
  9. #122429
  10. #091215
  11. #000000

Tints

#5cb5cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5cb5cd
  2. #6cbcd2
  3. #7dc4d7
  4. #8dcbdc
  5. #9dd3e1
  6. #aedae6
  7. #bee1eb
  8. #cee9f0
  9. #def0f5
  10. #eff8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5cb5cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5cb5cd
  2. #60b0c5
  3. #63aabe
  4. #67a5b6
  5. #6aa0ae
  6. #6e9ba7
  7. #72959f
  8. #759097
  9. #798b8f
  10. #7c8588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91aeb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5b0ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #94a4cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bdbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eb2ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82abcd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #36bac3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5cb5cd {
  color: #5cb5cd;
}
Background
.bg-5cb5cd {
  background-color: #5cb5cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5cb5cd {
  border: 2px solid #5cb5cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5cb5cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 92 181 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 53% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5cb5cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5cb5cd, #5c7dcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5cb5cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(92 181 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.78 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 7.99 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.87 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.74 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.58 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.63 #a34a32 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5cb5cd  rgb(92, 181, 205)  hsl(193, 53%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#cd745c  rgb(205, 116, 92)  hsl(13, 53%, 58%)  Terra Cotta
#cd5cb5  rgb(205, 92, 181)  hsl(313, 53%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#b5cd5c  rgb(181, 205, 92)  hsl(73, 53%, 58%)  June Bud