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#72ABC4

#72abc4 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#72abc4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 67.06% green and 76.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.84% cyan, 12.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 23.14% black. Its hue angle is 198.29°, with 41% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 0.74.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3669

Complementary

  1. #72abc4
  2. #c48b72

Split complementary

  1. #72abc4
  2. #c47282
  3. #c4b472

Analogous

  1. #72c4b4
  2. #72abc4
  3. #7282c4

Triadic

  1. #72abc4
  2. #c472ab
  3. #abc472

Tetradic

  1. #72abc4
  2. #8b72c4
  3. #c48b72
  4. #abc472

Square

  1. #72abc4
  2. #b472c4
  3. #c48b72
  4. #82c472

Monochromatic

  1. #2e5b6f
  2. #4587a5
  3. #72abc4
  4. #a8cbdb
  5. #deebf1

Shades

#72abc4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72abc4
  2. #679ab0
  3. #5b899d
  4. #507889
  5. #446776
  6. #395662
  7. #2e444e
  8. #22333b
  9. #172227
  10. #0b1114
  11. #000000

Tints

#72abc4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72abc4
  2. #80b3ca
  3. #8ebcd0
  4. #9cc4d6
  5. #aacddc
  6. #b9d5e2
  7. #c7dde7
  8. #d5e6ed
  9. #e3eef3
  10. #f1f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72abc4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72abc4
  2. #73a7bd
  3. #75a2b6
  4. #769eb0
  5. #789aa9
  6. #7996a2
  7. #7a919b
  8. #7c8d94
  9. #7d898e
  10. #7f8487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92a6b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ea9c5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #929fc4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #51b2b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eaac5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86a4c4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #60afba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72abc4 {
  color: #72abc4;
}
Background
.bg-72abc4 {
  background-color: #72abc4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72abc4 {
  border: 2px solid #72abc4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72abc4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 171 196;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 41% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72abc4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72abc4, #7282c4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72abc4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 171 196 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 0.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.66 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.65 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.30 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.71 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.96 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.33 #8d543b Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#72abc4  rgb(114, 171, 196)  hsl(198, 41%, 61%)  Moonstone Blue
#c48b72  rgb(196, 139, 114)  hsl(18, 41%, 61%)  Raw Sienna
#c472ab  rgb(196, 114, 171)  hsl(318, 41%, 61%)  Sky Magenta
#abc472  rgb(171, 196, 114)  hsl(78, 41%, 61%)  Olivine