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#5FA0BD

#5fa0bd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5fa0bd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 62.75% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.74% cyan, 15.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 198.51°, with 41.59% saturation and 55.69% 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 7.25:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.51.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3125

Complementary

  1. #5fa0bd
  2. #bd7c5f

Split complementary

  1. #5fa0bd
  2. #bd5f71
  3. #bdab5f

Analogous

  1. #5fbdab
  2. #5fa0bd
  3. #5f71bd

Triadic

  1. #5fa0bd
  2. #bd5fa0
  3. #a0bd5f

Tetradic

  1. #5fa0bd
  2. #7c5fbd
  3. #bd7c5f
  4. #a0bd5f

Square

  1. #5fa0bd
  2. #ab5fbd
  3. #bd7c5f
  4. #71bd5f

Monochromatic

  1. #264c5d
  2. #3d7893
  3. #5fa0bd
  4. #95c0d3
  5. #cbe0ea

Shades

#5fa0bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5fa0bd
  2. #5690aa
  3. #4c8097
  4. #437084
  5. #396071
  6. #30505f
  7. #26404c
  8. #1d3039
  9. #132026
  10. #0a1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#5fa0bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5fa0bd
  2. #6faac4
  3. #7fb3ca
  4. #8fbdd1
  5. #9fc6d7
  6. #afd0de
  7. #bfd9e5
  8. #cfe3eb
  9. #dfecf2
  10. #eff6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5fa0bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5fa0bd
  2. #629db7
  3. #669ab1
  4. #6996ab
  5. #6c93a5
  6. #70909f
  7. #738d98
  8. #768a92
  9. #79868c
  10. #7d8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #859ba8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #919ebf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8393bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2da8a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #809fbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7798bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #46a5b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5fa0bd {
  color: #5fa0bd;
}
Background
.bg-5fa0bd {
  background-color: #5fa0bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5fa0bd {
  border: 2px solid #5fa0bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5fa0bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 160 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 42% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5fa0bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5fa0bd, #5f71bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5fa0bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 160 189 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.51 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.89 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.59 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.98 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.73 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.79 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 11.24 #a05f42 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5fa0bd  rgb(95, 160, 189)  hsl(199, 42%, 56%)  Moonstone Blue
#bd7c5f  rgb(189, 124, 95)  hsl(19, 42%, 56%)  Cafe au Lait
#bd5fa0  rgb(189, 95, 160)  hsl(319, 42%, 56%)  Mulberry
#a0bd5f  rgb(160, 189, 95)  hsl(79, 42%, 56%)  Olivine