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#5FA3BF

#5fa3bf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5fa3bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.25% red, 63.92% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.26% cyan, 14.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 197.5°, with 42.86% saturation and 56.08% 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 7.48:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.02.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3239

Complementary

  1. #5fa3bf
  2. #bf7b5f

Split complementary

  1. #5fa3bf
  2. #bf5f73
  3. #bfab5f

Analogous

  1. #5fbfab
  2. #5fa3bf
  3. #5f73bf

Triadic

  1. #5fa3bf
  2. #bf5fa3
  3. #a3bf5f

Tetradic

  1. #5fa3bf
  2. #7b5fbf
  3. #bf7b5f
  4. #a3bf5f

Square

  1. #5fa3bf
  2. #ab5fbf
  3. #bf7b5f
  4. #73bf5f

Monochromatic

  1. #264e5f
  2. #3c7b96
  3. #5fa3bf
  4. #96c2d5
  5. #cce2eb

Shades

#5fa3bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5fa3bf
  2. #5693ac
  3. #4c8299
  4. #437286
  5. #396273
  6. #305260
  7. #26414c
  8. #1d3139
  9. #132126
  10. #0a1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#5fa3bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5fa3bf
  2. #6facc5
  3. #7fb5cc
  4. #8fbfd2
  5. #9fc8d9
  6. #afd1df
  7. #bfdae5
  8. #cfe3ec
  9. #dfedf2
  10. #eff6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5fa3bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5fa3bf
  2. #62a0b9
  3. #669cb2
  4. #6999ac
  5. #6c95a6
  6. #7092a0
  7. #738e99
  8. #768b93
  9. #79878d
  10. #7d8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #869eaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94a0c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8696bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #29abac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82a1c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #789bbf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #45a8b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5fa3bf {
  color: #5fa3bf;
}
Background
.bg-5fa3bf {
  background-color: #5fa3bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5fa3bf {
  border: 2px solid #5fa3bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5fa3bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 95 163 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 43% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5fa3bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5fa3bf, #5f73bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5fa3bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(95 163 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.02 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.99 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.26 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.79 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.35 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 10.79 #a05c40 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5fa3bf  rgb(95, 163, 191)  hsl(198, 43%, 56%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf7b5f  rgb(191, 123, 95)  hsl(18, 43%, 56%)  Cafe au Lait
#bf5fa3  rgb(191, 95, 163)  hsl(318, 43%, 56%)  Sky Magenta
#a3bf5f  rgb(163, 191, 95)  hsl(78, 43%, 56%)  Olivine