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#73ADBB

#73adbb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#73adbb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 67.84% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.5% cyan, 7.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 191.67°, with 34.62% saturation and 59.22% 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 8.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.85.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3712

Complementary

  1. #73adbb
  2. #bb8173

Split complementary

  1. #73adbb
  2. #bb7389
  3. #bba573

Analogous

  1. #73bba5
  2. #73adbb
  3. #7389bb

Triadic

  1. #73adbb
  2. #bb73ad
  3. #adbb73

Tetradic

  1. #73adbb
  2. #8173bb
  3. #bb8173
  4. #adbb73

Square

  1. #73adbb
  2. #a573bb
  3. #bb8173
  4. #89bb73

Monochromatic

  1. #315a64
  2. #4a8998
  3. #73adbb
  4. #a7cbd4
  5. #dae9ed

Shades

#73adbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #73adbb
  2. #689ca8
  3. #5c8a96
  4. #517983
  5. #456870
  6. #3a575e
  7. #2e454b
  8. #233438
  9. #172325
  10. #0c1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#73adbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #73adbb
  2. #81b5c2
  3. #8fbdc9
  4. #9dc6cf
  5. #abced6
  6. #b9d6dd
  7. #c7dee4
  8. #d5e6eb
  9. #e3eff1
  10. #f1f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#73adbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #73adbb
  2. #74a9b5
  3. #76a4af
  4. #77a0a9
  5. #789ba3
  6. #7a979e
  7. #7b9298
  8. #7c8e92
  9. #7d898c
  10. #7f8586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93a8ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a9bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97a0bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #57b3b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92abbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8aa5bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #63b0b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-73adbb {
  color: #73adbb;
}
Background
.bg-73adbb {
  background-color: #73adbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-73adbb {
  border: 2px solid #73adbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #73adbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 173 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 35% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-73adbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #73adbb, #7389bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-73adbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 173 187 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.85 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.54 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.99 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.05 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 11.06 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 11.23 #8c5244 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#73adbb  rgb(115, 173, 187)  hsl(192, 35%, 59%)  Moonstone Blue
#bb8173  rgb(187, 129, 115)  hsl(12, 35%, 59%)  Old Rose
#bb73ad  rgb(187, 115, 173)  hsl(312, 35%, 59%)  Sky Magenta
#adbb73  rgb(173, 187, 115)  hsl(72, 35%, 59%)  Olivine