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#689AAA

#689aaa ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#689aaa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 60.39% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.82% cyan, 9.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 194.55°, with 27.97% saturation and 53.73% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.79:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.73.

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Relative luminance0.2896

Complementary

  1. #689aaa
  2. #aa7868

Split complementary

  1. #689aaa
  2. #aa6879
  3. #aa9968

Analogous

  1. #68aa99
  2. #689aaa
  3. #6879aa

Triadic

  1. #689aaa
  2. #aa689a
  3. #9aaa68

Tetradic

  1. #689aaa
  2. #7868aa
  3. #aa7868
  4. #9aaa68

Square

  1. #689aaa
  2. #9968aa
  3. #aa7868
  4. #79aa68

Monochromatic

  1. #2c454d
  2. #47717e
  3. #689aaa
  4. #99bbc6
  5. #cadbe1

Shades

#689aaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #689aaa
  2. #5e8b99
  3. #537b88
  4. #496c77
  5. #3e5c66
  6. #344d55
  7. #2a3e44
  8. #1f2e33
  9. #151f22
  10. #0a0f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#689aaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #689aaa
  2. #77a4b3
  3. #86aebb
  4. #95b8c4
  5. #a4c2cc
  6. #b4cdd5
  7. #c3d7dd
  8. #d2e1e6
  9. #e1ebee
  10. #f0f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#689aaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #689aaa
  2. #6a97a6
  3. #6d95a2
  4. #6f929d
  5. #729099
  6. #748d95
  7. #768a91
  8. #79888d
  9. #7b8588
  10. #7e8384
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #929292 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84969c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9097ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #868faa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4ea09f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8298ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b94aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5a9da3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-689aaa {
  color: #689aaa;
}
Background
.bg-689aaa {
  background-color: #689aaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-689aaa {
  border: 2px solid #689aaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #689aaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 154 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 28% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-689aaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #689aaa, #6879aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-689aaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 154 170 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.73 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.39 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.95 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.04 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.43 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.49 #976555 Inverted #929292 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#689aaa  rgb(104, 154, 170)  hsl(195, 28%, 54%)  Moonstone Blue
#aa7868  rgb(170, 120, 104)  hsl(15, 28%, 54%)  Beaver
#aa689a  rgb(170, 104, 154)  hsl(315, 28%, 54%)  Sky Magenta
#9aaa68  rgb(154, 170, 104)  hsl(75, 28%, 54%)  Asparagus