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#71B5CC

#71b5cc ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#71b5cc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.31% red, 70.98% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.61% cyan, 11.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 195.16°, with 47.15% saturation and 62.16% 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 9.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.12.

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Relative luminance0.4092

Complementary

  1. #71b5cc
  2. #cc8871

Split complementary

  1. #71b5cc
  2. #cc7188
  3. #ccb571

Analogous

  1. #71ccb5
  2. #71b5cc
  3. #7188cc

Triadic

  1. #71b5cc
  2. #cc71b5
  3. #b5cc71

Tetradic

  1. #71b5cc
  2. #8871cc
  3. #cc8871
  4. #b5cc71

Square

  1. #71b5cc
  2. #b571cc
  3. #cc8871
  4. #88cc71

Monochromatic

  1. #2b6579
  2. #4094b1
  3. #71b5cc
  4. #a9d2e0
  5. #e2f0f4

Shades

#71b5cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #71b5cc
  2. #66a3b8
  3. #5a91a3
  4. #4f7f8f
  5. #446d7a
  6. #395b66
  7. #2d4852
  8. #22363d
  9. #172429
  10. #0b1214
  11. #000000

Tints

#71b5cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #71b5cc
  2. #7fbcd1
  3. #8dc4d6
  4. #9ccbdb
  5. #aad3e0
  6. #b8dae6
  7. #c6e1eb
  8. #d4e9f0
  9. #e3f0f5
  10. #f1f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#71b5cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #71b5cc
  2. #73b0c4
  3. #74aabd
  4. #76a5b5
  5. #77a0ae
  6. #799ba6
  7. #7a959e
  8. #7c9097
  9. #7d8b8f
  10. #7f8588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97afb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b1cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a7cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #48bdbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95b3cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8badcc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5bbac3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-71b5cc {
  color: #71b5cc;
}
Background
.bg-71b5cc {
  background-color: #71b5cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-71b5cc {
  border: 2px solid #71b5cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #71b5cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 113 181 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 47% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-71b5cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #71b5cc, #7188cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-71b5cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(113 181 204 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.12 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.88 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.19 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.36 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.90 #8e4a33 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#71b5cc  rgb(113, 181, 204)  hsl(195, 47%, 62%)  Moonstone Blue
#cc8871  rgb(204, 136, 113)  hsl(15, 47%, 62%)  Dark Salmon
#cc71b5  rgb(204, 113, 181)  hsl(315, 47%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#b5cc71  rgb(181, 204, 113)  hsl(75, 47%, 62%)  June Bud