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#579FC0

#579fc0 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#579fc0 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 62.35% green and 75.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 54.69% cyan, 17.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 24.71% black. Its hue angle is 198.86°, with 45.45% saturation and 54.71% 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 7.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.49.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3063

Complementary

  1. #579fc0
  2. #c07857

Split complementary

  1. #579fc0
  2. #c0576b
  3. #c0ad57

Analogous

  1. #57c0ad
  2. #579fc0
  3. #576bc0

Triadic

  1. #579fc0
  2. #c0579f
  3. #9fc057

Tetradic

  1. #579fc0
  2. #7857c0
  3. #c07857
  4. #9fc057

Square

  1. #579fc0
  2. #ad57c0
  3. #c07857
  4. #6bc057

Monochromatic

  1. #224a5c
  2. #377693
  3. #579fc0
  4. #8fbfd5
  5. #c6dfea

Shades

#579fc0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #579fc0
  2. #4e8fad
  3. #467f9a
  4. #3d6f86
  5. #345f73
  6. #2c5060
  7. #23404d
  8. #1a303a
  9. #112026
  10. #091013
  11. #000000

Tints

#579fc0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #579fc0
  2. #68a9c6
  3. #79b2cd
  4. #89bcd3
  5. #9ac5d9
  6. #abcfe0
  7. #bcd9e6
  8. #cde2ec
  9. #ddecf2
  10. #eef5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#579fc0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #579fc0
  2. #5b9cba
  3. #5f99b3
  4. #6396ad
  5. #6793a6
  6. #6c90a0
  7. #708c9a
  8. #748993
  9. #78868d
  10. #7c8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #829aa9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e9dc2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f91c0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00a8aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c9ec1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7197c0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #36a5b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-579fc0 {
  color: #579fc0;
}
Background
.bg-579fc0 {
  background-color: #579fc0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-579fc0 {
  border: 2px solid #579fc0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #579fc0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 159 192;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 45% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-579fc0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #579fc0, #576bc0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-579fc0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 159 192 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.49 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.06 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.42 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.49 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.80 #4682b4 Steel Blue ΔE 11.22 #a8603f Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#579fc0  rgb(87, 159, 192)  hsl(199, 45%, 55%)  Moonstone Blue
#c07857  rgb(192, 120, 87)  hsl(19, 45%, 55%)  Raw Sienna
#c0579f  rgb(192, 87, 159)  hsl(319, 45%, 55%)  Mulberry
#9fc057  rgb(159, 192, 87)  hsl(79, 45%, 55%)  Yellow Green