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#68A7B8

#68a7b8 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68a7b8 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 65.49% green and 72.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.48% cyan, 9.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.84% black. Its hue angle is 192.75°, with 36.04% saturation and 56.47% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.31.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3404

Complementary

  1. #68a7b8
  2. #b87968

Split complementary

  1. #68a7b8
  2. #b8687f
  3. #b8a168

Analogous

  1. #68b8a1
  2. #68a7b8
  3. #687fb8

Triadic

  1. #68a7b8
  2. #b868a7
  3. #a7b868

Tetradic

  1. #68a7b8
  2. #7968b8
  3. #b87968
  4. #a7b868

Square

  1. #68a7b8
  2. #a168b8
  3. #b87968
  4. #7fb868

Monochromatic

  1. #2b515c
  2. #448090
  3. #68a7b8
  4. #9cc5d0
  5. #d0e4e9

Shades

#68a7b8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68a7b8
  2. #5e96a6
  3. #538693
  4. #497581
  5. #3e646e
  6. #34545c
  7. #2a434a
  8. #1f3237
  9. #152125
  10. #0a1112
  11. #000000

Tints

#68a7b8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68a7b8
  2. #77b0bf
  3. #86b9c6
  4. #95c1cd
  5. #a4cad4
  6. #b4d3dc
  7. #c3dce3
  8. #d2e5ea
  9. #e1edf1
  10. #f0f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68a7b8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68a7b8
  2. #6aa3b2
  3. #6d9fad
  4. #6f9ba7
  5. #7297a2
  6. #74949c
  7. #769096
  8. #798c91
  9. #7b888b
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ba1a9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba3b9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f9ab8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #44adac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa5b9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #819fb8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #55abb1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68a7b8 {
  color: #68a7b8;
}
Background
.bg-68a7b8 {
  background-color: #68a7b8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68a7b8 {
  border: 2px solid #68a7b8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68a7b8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 167 184;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 36% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68a7b8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68a7b8, #687fb8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68a7b8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 167 184 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.31 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.11 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.26 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.55 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.32 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.40 #975847 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#68a7b8  rgb(104, 167, 184)  hsl(193, 36%, 56%)  Moonstone Blue
#b87968  rgb(184, 121, 104)  hsl(13, 36%, 56%)  Old Rose
#b868a7  rgb(184, 104, 167)  hsl(313, 36%, 56%)  Sky Magenta
#a7b868  rgb(167, 184, 104)  hsl(73, 36%, 56%)  Olivine