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#2EAECD

#2eaecd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2eaecd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.04% red, 68.24% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 77.56% cyan, 15.12% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 191.7°, with 63.35% saturation and 49.22% 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 8.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.

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Web safe#3399cc
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Relative luminance0.3526

Complementary

  1. #2eaecd
  2. #cd4d2e

Split complementary

  1. #2eaecd
  2. #cd2e5f
  3. #cd9d2e

Analogous

  1. #2ecd9d
  2. #2eaecd
  3. #2e5fcd

Triadic

  1. #2eaecd
  2. #cd2eae
  3. #aecd2e

Tetradic

  1. #2eaecd
  2. #4d2ecd
  3. #cd4d2e
  4. #aecd2e

Square

  1. #2eaecd
  2. #9d2ecd
  3. #cd4d2e
  4. #5fcd2e

Monochromatic

  1. #124450
  2. #20798f
  3. #2eaecd
  4. #6ac7de
  5. #a8deec

Shades

#2eaecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2eaecd
  2. #299db9
  3. #258ba4
  4. #207a90
  5. #1c687b
  6. #175767
  7. #124652
  8. #0e343e
  9. #092329
  10. #051115
  11. #000000

Tints

#2eaecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2eaecd
  2. #43b6d2
  3. #58bed7
  4. #6dc6dc
  5. #82cee1
  6. #97d7e6
  7. #abdfeb
  8. #c0e7f0
  9. #d5eff5
  10. #eaf7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2eaecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2eaecd
  2. #36a9c5
  3. #3ea5be
  4. #47a0b6
  5. #4f9cae
  6. #5797a7
  7. #5f929f
  8. #678e97
  9. #70898f
  10. #788588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #82a6b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa9cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #859acd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b8b8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7dabce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6da2cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b4c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2eaecd {
  color: #2eaecd;
}
Background
.bg-2eaecd {
  background-color: #2eaecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2eaecd {
  border: 2px solid #2eaecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2eaecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 46 174 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 63% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2eaecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2eaecd, #2e5fcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2eaecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(46 174 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.00 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.88 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.39 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.07 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.86 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.95 #d15132 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#2eaecd  rgb(46, 174, 205)  hsl(192, 63%, 49%)  Moonstone Blue
#cd4d2e  rgb(205, 77, 46)  hsl(12, 63%, 49%)  Sinopia
#cd2eae  rgb(205, 46, 174)  hsl(312, 63%, 49%)  Medium Violet Red
#aecd2e  rgb(174, 205, 46)  hsl(72, 63%, 49%)  Yellow Green