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#68AFCD

#68afcd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#68afcd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40.78% red, 68.63% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.27% cyan, 14.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 197.82°, with 50.25% saturation and 60.59% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.71.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3801

Complementary

  1. #68afcd
  2. #cd8668

Split complementary

  1. #68afcd
  2. #cd687d
  3. #cdb968

Analogous

  1. #68cdb9
  2. #68afcd
  3. #687dcd

Triadic

  1. #68afcd
  2. #cd68af
  3. #afcd68

Tetradic

  1. #68afcd
  2. #8668cd
  3. #cd8668
  4. #afcd68

Square

  1. #68afcd
  2. #b968cd
  3. #cd8668
  4. #7dcd68

Monochromatic

  1. #275e75
  2. #3a8caf
  3. #68afcd
  4. #a1cde0
  5. #dbecf3

Shades

#68afcd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #68afcd
  2. #5e9eb9
  3. #538ca4
  4. #497b90
  5. #3e697b
  6. #345867
  7. #2a4652
  8. #1f353e
  9. #152329
  10. #0a1215
  11. #000000

Tints

#68afcd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #68afcd
  2. #77b7d2
  3. #86bfd7
  4. #95c7dc
  5. #a4cfe1
  6. #b4d7e6
  7. #c3dfeb
  8. #d2e7f0
  9. #e1eff5
  10. #f0f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#68afcd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #68afcd
  2. #6aaac5
  3. #6da6be
  4. #6fa1b6
  5. #729cae
  6. #7498a7
  7. #76939f
  8. #798e97
  9. #7b898f
  10. #7e8588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91aab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9faccf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90a1cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #32b8b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8cadce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82a7cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4db4c1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-68afcd {
  color: #68afcd;
}
Background
.bg-68afcd {
  background-color: #68afcd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-68afcd {
  border: 2px solid #68afcd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #68afcd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 104 175 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 50% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-68afcd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #68afcd, #687dcd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-68afcd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(104 175 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.77 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.36 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.32 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 8.43 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.69 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.73 #975032 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#68afcd  rgb(104, 175, 205)  hsl(198, 50%, 61%)  Moonstone Blue
#cd8668  rgb(205, 134, 104)  hsl(18, 50%, 61%)  Raw Sienna
#cd68af  rgb(205, 104, 175)  hsl(318, 50%, 61%)  Sky Magenta
#afcd68  rgb(175, 205, 104)  hsl(78, 50%, 61%)  June Bud