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#579EBE

#579ebe ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#579ebe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 61.96% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.21% cyan, 16.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 198.64°, with 44.21% saturation and 54.31% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.61.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.302

Complementary

  1. #579ebe
  2. #be7757

Split complementary

  1. #579ebe
  2. #be576a
  3. #beaa57

Analogous

  1. #57beaa
  2. #579ebe
  3. #576abe

Triadic

  1. #579ebe
  2. #be579e
  3. #9ebe57

Tetradic

  1. #579ebe
  2. #7757be
  3. #be7757
  4. #9ebe57

Square

  1. #579ebe
  2. #aa57be
  3. #be7757
  4. #6abe57

Monochromatic

  1. #234859
  2. #387591
  3. #579ebe
  4. #8ebed3
  5. #c5dee9

Shades

#579ebe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #579ebe
  2. #4e8eab
  3. #467e98
  4. #3d6f85
  5. #345f72
  6. #2c4f5f
  7. #233f4c
  8. #1a2f39
  9. #112026
  10. #091013
  11. #000000

Tints

#579ebe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #579ebe
  2. #68a8c5
  3. #79b1cb
  4. #89bbd2
  5. #9ac5d8
  6. #abcfdf
  7. #bcd8e5
  8. #cde2ec
  9. #ddecf2
  10. #eef5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#579ebe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #579ebe
  2. #5b9bb8
  3. #5f98b2
  4. #6395ab
  5. #6792a5
  6. #6c8f9f
  7. #708c99
  8. #748993
  9. #78868c
  10. #7c8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8199a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e9cc0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f91be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #04a7a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b9dbf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7196be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #38a4b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-579ebe {
  color: #579ebe;
}
Background
.bg-579ebe {
  background-color: #579ebe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-579ebe {
  border: 2px solid #579ebe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #579ebe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 158 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 44% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-579ebe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #579ebe, #576abe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-579ebe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 158 190 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.61 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.37 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.15 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.71 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.24 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.09 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 11.19 #a86141 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#579ebe  rgb(87, 158, 190)  hsl(199, 44%, 54%)  Moonstone Blue
#be7757  rgb(190, 119, 87)  hsl(19, 44%, 54%)  Cafe au Lait
#be579e  rgb(190, 87, 158)  hsl(319, 44%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9ebe57  rgb(158, 190, 87)  hsl(79, 44%, 54%)  Olivine