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#46BBD5

#46bbd5 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#46bbd5 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 27.45% red, 73.33% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.14% cyan, 12.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 16.47% black. Its hue angle is 190.91°, with 63% saturation and 55.49% 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 9.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 8.11.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4165

Complementary

  1. #46bbd5
  2. #d56046

Split complementary

  1. #46bbd5
  2. #d54673
  3. #d5a846

Analogous

  1. #46d5a8
  2. #46bbd5
  3. #4673d5

Triadic

  1. #46bbd5
  2. #d546bb
  3. #bbd546

Tetradic

  1. #46bbd5
  2. #6046d5
  3. #d56046
  4. #bbd546

Square

  1. #46bbd5
  2. #a846d5
  3. #d56046
  4. #73d546

Monochromatic

  1. #185b6a
  2. #2691a8
  3. #46bbd5
  4. #84d2e3
  5. #c3e9f1

Shades

#46bbd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #46bbd5
  2. #3fa8c0
  3. #3896aa
  4. #318395
  5. #2a7080
  6. #235e6b
  7. #1c4b55
  8. #153840
  9. #0e252b
  10. #071315
  11. #000000

Tints

#46bbd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #46bbd5
  2. #59c2d9
  3. #6bc9dd
  4. #7ecfe2
  5. #90d6e6
  6. #a3ddea
  7. #b5e4ee
  8. #c8ebf2
  9. #daf1f7
  10. #edf8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#46bbd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #46bbd5
  2. #4cb5cd
  3. #52afc4
  4. #57a9bc
  5. #5da3b3
  6. #639eab
  7. #6998a2
  8. #6f929a
  9. #748c91
  10. #7a8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb3be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a9b5d6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a6d5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c5c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cb8d6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7dafd5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1ca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-46bbd5 {
  color: #46bbd5;
}
Background
.bg-46bbd5 {
  background-color: #46bbd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-46bbd5 {
  border: 2px solid #46bbd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #46bbd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 70 187 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 63% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-46bbd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #46bbd5, #4673d5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-46bbd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(70 187 213 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.11 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.13 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.06 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.58 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.47 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.93 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 11.17 #b9442a Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#46bbd5  rgb(70, 187, 213)  hsl(191, 63%, 55%)  Moonstone Blue
#d56046  rgb(213, 96, 70)  hsl(11, 63%, 55%)  Terra Cotta
#d546bb  rgb(213, 70, 187)  hsl(311, 63%, 55%)  Shocking Pink
#bbd546  rgb(187, 213, 70)  hsl(71, 63%, 55%)  June Bud