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#01ACD6

#01acd6 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#01acd6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 67.45% green and 83.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.53% cyan, 19.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.08% black. Its hue angle is 191.83°, with 99.07% saturation and 42.16% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.48.

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Web safe#0099cc
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Relative luminance0.3437

Complementary

  1. #01acd6
  2. #d62b01

Split complementary

  1. #01acd6
  2. #d60142
  3. #d69601

Analogous

  1. #01d696
  2. #01acd6
  3. #0142d6

Triadic

  1. #01acd6
  2. #d601ac
  3. #acd601

Tetradic

  1. #01acd6
  2. #2b01d6
  3. #d62b01
  4. #acd601

Square

  1. #01acd6
  2. #9601d6
  3. #d62b01
  4. #42d601

Monochromatic

  1. #00323e
  2. #016f8a
  3. #01acd6
  4. #26d3fe
  5. #72e3fe

Shades

#01acd6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01acd6
  2. #019bc1
  3. #018aab
  4. #017896
  5. #016780
  6. #01566b
  7. #004556
  8. #003440
  9. #00222b
  10. #001115
  11. #000000

Tints

#01acd6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01acd6
  2. #1ab4da
  3. #34bdde
  4. #4dc5e2
  5. #67cde6
  6. #80d6eb
  7. #99deef
  8. #b3e6f3
  9. #cceef7
  10. #e6f7fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01acd6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01acd6
  2. #0ea8cd
  3. #1aa3c5
  4. #279fbc
  5. #349ab4
  6. #4196ab
  7. #4d92a2
  8. #5a8d9a
  9. #678991
  10. #738489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da4b7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94a8d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c97d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #75aad7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #62a0d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4c6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01acd6 {
  color: #01acd6;
}
Background
.bg-01acd6 {
  background-color: #01acd6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01acd6 {
  border: 2px solid #01acd6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01acd6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 172 214;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 99% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01acd6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01acd6, #0142d6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01acd6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 172 214 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.48 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.49 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.52 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.28 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.81 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.18 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.70 #fe5329 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#01acd6  rgb(1, 172, 214)  hsl(192, 99%, 42%)  Moonstone Blue
#d62b01  rgb(214, 43, 1)  hsl(12, 99%, 42%)  Sinopia
#d601ac  rgb(214, 1, 172)  hsl(312, 99%, 42%)  Medium Violet Red
#acd601  rgb(172, 214, 1)  hsl(72, 99%, 42%)  Yellow Green