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#609EBB

#609ebb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#609ebb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 37.65% red, 61.96% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.66% cyan, 15.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 199.12°, with 40.09% saturation and 55.49% 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 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.88.

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Relative luminance0.3053

Complementary

  1. #609ebb
  2. #bb7d60

Split complementary

  1. #609ebb
  2. #bb6070
  3. #bbaa60

Analogous

  1. #60bbaa
  2. #609ebb
  3. #6070bb

Triadic

  1. #609ebb
  2. #bb609e
  3. #9ebb60

Tetradic

  1. #609ebb
  2. #7d60bb
  3. #bb7d60
  4. #9ebb60

Square

  1. #609ebb
  2. #aa60bb
  3. #bb7d60
  4. #70bb60

Monochromatic

  1. #274a5b
  2. #3e7691
  3. #609ebb
  4. #96bfd2
  5. #cbdfe9

Shades

#609ebb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #609ebb
  2. #568ea8
  3. #4d7e96
  4. #436f83
  5. #3a5f70
  6. #304f5e
  7. #263f4b
  8. #1d2f38
  9. #132025
  10. #0a1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#609ebb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #609ebb
  2. #70a8c2
  3. #80b1c9
  4. #90bbcf
  5. #a0c5d6
  6. #b0cfdd
  7. #bfd8e4
  8. #cfe2eb
  9. #dfecf1
  10. #eff5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#609ebb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #609ebb
  2. #639bb5
  3. #6698af
  4. #6a95a9
  5. #6d92a3
  6. #708f9e
  7. #738c98
  8. #768992
  9. #7a868c
  10. #7d8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8499a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f9cbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8292bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #32a6a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f9dbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7697bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #49a3b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-609ebb {
  color: #609ebb;
}
Background
.bg-609ebb {
  background-color: #609ebb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-609ebb {
  border: 2px solid #609ebb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #609ebb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 96 158 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 40% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-609ebb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #609ebb, #6070bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-609ebb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(96 158 187 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.88 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.48 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 6.96 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.03 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.99 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 11.17 #9f6144 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#609ebb  rgb(96, 158, 187)  hsl(199, 40%, 55%)  Moonstone Blue
#bb7d60  rgb(187, 125, 96)  hsl(19, 40%, 55%)  Cafe au Lait
#bb609e  rgb(187, 96, 158)  hsl(319, 40%, 55%)  Mulberry
#9ebb60  rgb(158, 187, 96)  hsl(79, 40%, 55%)  Olivine