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#68ACBF

#68acbf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68acbf is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 67.45% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.55% cyan, 9.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 193.1°, with 40.47% saturation and 57.84% 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 8.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.08.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3621

Complementary

  1. #68acbf
  2. #bf7b68

Split complementary

  1. #68acbf
  2. #bf6880
  3. #bfa668

Analogous

  1. #68bfa6
  2. #68acbf
  3. #6880bf

Triadic

  1. #68acbf
  2. #bf68ac
  3. #acbf68

Tetradic

  1. #68acbf
  2. #7b68bf
  3. #bf7b68
  4. #acbf68

Square

  1. #68acbf
  2. #a668bf
  3. #bf7b68
  4. #80bf68

Monochromatic

  1. #2a5764
  2. #418699
  3. #68acbf
  4. #9ecad6
  5. #d3e7ed

Shades

#68acbf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68acbf
  2. #5e9bac
  3. #538a99
  4. #497886
  5. #3e6773
  6. #345660
  7. #2a454c
  8. #1f3439
  9. #152226
  10. #0a1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#68acbf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68acbf
  2. #77b4c5
  3. #86bdcc
  4. #95c5d2
  5. #a4cdd9
  6. #b4d6df
  7. #c3dee5
  8. #d2e6ec
  9. #e1eef2
  10. #f0f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68acbf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68acbf
  2. #6aa8b9
  3. #6da3b2
  4. #6f9fac
  5. #729aa6
  6. #7496a0
  7. #769299
  8. #798d93
  9. #7b898d
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fa6ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa8c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #929ebf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3fb3b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8daac0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83a4bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #52b0b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68acbf {
  color: #68acbf;
}
Background
.bg-68acbf {
  background-color: #68acbf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68acbf {
  border: 2px solid #68acbf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68acbf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 172 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 40% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68acbf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68acbf, #6880bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68acbf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 172 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.08 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.19 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.72 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.97 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.42 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.70 #975340 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#68acbf  rgb(104, 172, 191)  hsl(193, 40%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf7b68  rgb(191, 123, 104)  hsl(13, 40%, 58%)  Terra Cotta
#bf68ac  rgb(191, 104, 172)  hsl(313, 40%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#acbf68  rgb(172, 191, 104)  hsl(73, 40%, 58%)  Olivine