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#609BB4

#609bb4 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#609bb4 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.65% red, 60.78% green and 70.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.67% cyan, 13.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 197.86°, with 35.9% saturation and 54.12% 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 6.84:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.65.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.2922

Complementary

  1. #609bb4
  2. #b47960

Split complementary

  1. #609bb4
  2. #b46071
  3. #b4a360

Analogous

  1. #60b4a3
  2. #609bb4
  3. #6071b4

Triadic

  1. #609bb4
  2. #b4609b
  3. #9bb460

Tetradic

  1. #609bb4
  2. #7960b4
  3. #b47960
  4. #9bb460

Square

  1. #609bb4
  2. #a360b4
  3. #b47960
  4. #71b460

Monochromatic

  1. #274654
  2. #407288
  3. #609bb4
  4. #94bccd
  5. #c8dce5

Shades

#609bb4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #609bb4
  2. #568ca2
  3. #4d7c90
  4. #436d7e
  5. #3a5d6c
  6. #304e5a
  7. #263e48
  8. #1d2f36
  9. #131f24
  10. #0a1012
  11. #000000

Tints

#609bb4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #609bb4
  2. #70a5bc
  3. #80afc3
  4. #90b9cb
  5. #a0c3d2
  6. #b0cdda
  7. #bfd7e1
  8. #cfe1e9
  9. #dfebf0
  10. #eff5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#609bb4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #609bb4
  2. #6398af
  3. #6696aa
  4. #6a93a4
  5. #6d909f
  6. #708e9a
  7. #738b95
  8. #768890
  9. #7a858a
  10. #7d8385
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8296a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8e99b5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #818fb4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #38a2a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e9ab5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7594b4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4b9faa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-609bb4 {
  color: #609bb4;
}
Background
.bg-609bb4 {
  background-color: #609bb4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-609bb4 {
  border: 2px solid #609bb4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #609bb4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 96 155 180;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 36% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-609bb4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #609bb4, #6071b4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-609bb4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(96 155 180 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.50 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.61 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.90 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.85 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.65 #9f644b Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#609bb4  rgb(96, 155, 180)  hsl(198, 36%, 54%)  Moonstone Blue
#b47960  rgb(180, 121, 96)  hsl(18, 36%, 54%)  Cafe au Lait
#b4609b  rgb(180, 96, 155)  hsl(318, 36%, 54%)  Mulberry
#9bb460  rgb(155, 180, 96)  hsl(78, 36%, 54%)  Olivine