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#7CB7CA

#7cb7ca ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#7cb7ca is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.63% red, 71.76% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.61% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 194.62°, with 42.39% saturation and 63.92% 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 9.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.76.

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Relative luminance0.4242

Complementary

  1. #7cb7ca
  2. #ca8f7c

Split complementary

  1. #7cb7ca
  2. #ca7c90
  3. #cab67c

Analogous

  1. #7ccab6
  2. #7cb7ca
  3. #7c90ca

Triadic

  1. #7cb7ca
  2. #ca7cb7
  3. #b7ca7c

Tetradic

  1. #7cb7ca
  2. #8f7cca
  3. #ca8f7c
  4. #b7ca7c

Square

  1. #7cb7ca
  2. #b67cca
  3. #ca8f7c
  4. #90ca7c

Monochromatic

  1. #32697b
  2. #4898b2
  3. #7cb7ca
  4. #b2d5e0
  5. #e9f3f6

Shades

#7cb7ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7cb7ca
  2. #70a5b6
  3. #6392a2
  4. #57808d
  5. #4a6e79
  6. #3e5c65
  7. #324951
  8. #25373d
  9. #192528
  10. #0c1214
  11. #000000

Tints

#7cb7ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7cb7ca
  2. #89becf
  3. #96c5d5
  4. #a3cdda
  5. #b0d4df
  6. #bedbe5
  7. #cbe2ea
  8. #d8e9ef
  9. #e5f1f4
  10. #f2f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7cb7ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7cb7ca
  2. #7cb2c3
  3. #7dacbb
  4. #7da7b4
  5. #7ea1ac
  6. #7e9ca5
  7. #7e969e
  8. #7f9196
  9. #7f8b8f
  10. #808687
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9db2ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abb4cb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9faaca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5ebebd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bb5cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92afca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6bbbc2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7cb7ca {
  color: #7cb7ca;
}
Background
.bg-7cb7ca {
  background-color: #7cb7ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7cb7ca {
  border: 2px solid #7cb7ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7cb7ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 124 183 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 42% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7cb7ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7cb7ca, #7c90ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7cb7ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(124 183 202 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.76 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.58 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.49 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.36 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.52 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.52 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.76 #834835 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#7cb7ca  rgb(124, 183, 202)  hsl(195, 42%, 64%)  Moonstone Blue
#ca8f7c  rgb(202, 143, 124)  hsl(15, 42%, 64%)  Dark Salmon
#ca7cb7  rgb(202, 124, 183)  hsl(315, 42%, 64%)  Sky Magenta
#b7ca7c  rgb(183, 202, 124)  hsl(75, 42%, 64%)  Olivine