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#5FA8BE

#5fa8be ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5fa8be is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 65.88% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50% cyan, 11.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 193.89°, with 42.22% saturation and 55.88% 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 7.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.93.

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Relative luminance0.3416

Complementary

  1. #5fa8be
  2. #be755f

Split complementary

  1. #5fa8be
  2. #be5f79
  3. #bea45f

Analogous

  1. #5fbea4
  2. #5fa8be
  3. #5f79be

Triadic

  1. #5fa8be
  2. #be5fa8
  3. #a8be5f

Tetradic

  1. #5fa8be
  2. #755fbe
  3. #be755f
  4. #a8be5f

Square

  1. #5fa8be
  2. #a45fbe
  3. #be755f
  4. #79be5f

Monochromatic

  1. #26515e
  2. #3c8094
  3. #5fa8be
  4. #95c6d4
  5. #cce3ea

Shades

#5fa8be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5fa8be
  2. #5697ab
  3. #4c8698
  4. #437685
  5. #396572
  6. #30545f
  7. #26434c
  8. #1d3239
  9. #132226
  10. #0a1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#5fa8be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5fa8be
  2. #6fb1c5
  3. #7fb9cb
  4. #8fc2d2
  5. #9fcbd8
  6. #afd4df
  7. #bfdce5
  8. #cfe5ec
  9. #dfeef2
  10. #eff6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5fa8be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5fa8be
  2. #62a4b8
  3. #66a0b2
  4. #699cab
  5. #6c98a5
  6. #70949f
  7. #739099
  8. #768c93
  9. #79888c
  10. #7d8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #89a2ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa4bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c99be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #28b0af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86a6bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c9fbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #45adb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5fa8be {
  color: #5fa8be;
}
Background
.bg-5fa8be {
  background-color: #5fa8be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5fa8be {
  border: 2px solid #5fa8be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5fa8be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 168 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 42% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5fa8be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5fa8be, #5f79be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5fa8be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 168 190 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.93 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.13 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.37 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.36 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.89 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.15 #a05741 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5fa8be  rgb(95, 168, 190)  hsl(194, 42%, 56%)  Moonstone Blue
#be755f  rgb(190, 117, 95)  hsl(14, 42%, 56%)  Terra Cotta
#be5fa8  rgb(190, 95, 168)  hsl(314, 42%, 56%)  Sky Magenta
#a8be5f  rgb(168, 190, 95)  hsl(74, 42%, 56%)  Olivine