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#68AFBF

#68afbf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68afbf is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 68.63% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.55% cyan, 8.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 191.03°, 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 8.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.55.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3736

Complementary

  1. #68afbf
  2. #bf7868

Split complementary

  1. #68afbf
  2. #bf6883
  3. #bfa368

Analogous

  1. #68bfa3
  2. #68afbf
  3. #6883bf

Triadic

  1. #68afbf
  2. #bf68af
  3. #afbf68

Tetradic

  1. #68afbf
  2. #7868bf
  3. #bf7868
  4. #afbf68

Square

  1. #68afbf
  2. #a368bf
  3. #bf7868
  4. #83bf68

Monochromatic

  1. #2a5964
  2. #418999
  3. #68afbf
  4. #9ecbd6
  5. #d3e8ed

Shades

#68afbf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68afbf
  2. #5e9eac
  3. #538c99
  4. #497b86
  5. #3e6973
  6. #345860
  7. #2a464c
  8. #1f3539
  9. #152326
  10. #0a1213
  11. #000000

Tints

#68afbf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68afbf
  2. #77b7c5
  3. #86bfcc
  4. #95c7d2
  5. #a4cfd9
  6. #b4d7df
  7. #c3dfe5
  8. #d2e7ec
  9. #e1eff2
  10. #f0f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68afbf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68afbf
  2. #6aaab9
  3. #6da6b2
  4. #6fa1ac
  5. #729ca6
  6. #7498a0
  7. #769399
  8. #798e93
  9. #7b898d
  10. #7e8586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90a9b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3abc0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95a0bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3eb6b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8facc0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85a6bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #52b3b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68afbf {
  color: #68afbf;
}
Background
.bg-68afbf {
  background-color: #68afbf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68afbf {
  border: 2px solid #68afbf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68afbf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 175 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 191 40% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68afbf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68afbf, #6883bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68afbf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 175 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.55 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.62 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.75 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.30 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.63 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.37 #975040 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#68afbf  rgb(104, 175, 191)  hsl(191, 40%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf7868  rgb(191, 120, 104)  hsl(11, 40%, 58%)  Old Rose
#bf68af  rgb(191, 104, 175)  hsl(311, 40%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#afbf68  rgb(175, 191, 104)  hsl(71, 40%, 58%)  Olivine