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#699EB6

#699eb6 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#699eb6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 61.96% green and 71.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.31% cyan, 13.19% magenta, 0% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 198.7°, with 34.53% saturation and 56.27% 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 7.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.4.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3083

Complementary

  1. #699eb6
  2. #b68169

Split complementary

  1. #699eb6
  2. #b66977
  3. #b6a769

Analogous

  1. #69b6a7
  2. #699eb6
  3. #6977b6

Triadic

  1. #699eb6
  2. #b6699e
  3. #9eb669

Tetradic

  1. #699eb6
  2. #8169b6
  3. #b68169
  4. #9eb669

Square

  1. #699eb6
  2. #a769b6
  3. #b68169
  4. #77b669

Monochromatic

  1. #2c4c5a
  2. #45778e
  3. #699eb6
  4. #9cbfcf
  5. #d0e1e8

Shades

#699eb6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #699eb6
  2. #5f8ea4
  3. #547e92
  4. #4a6f7f
  5. #3f5f6d
  6. #354f5b
  7. #2a3f49
  8. #202f37
  9. #152024
  10. #0b1012
  11. #000000

Tints

#699eb6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #699eb6
  2. #78a8bd
  3. #87b1c5
  4. #96bbcc
  5. #a5c5d3
  6. #b4cfdb
  7. #c3d8e2
  8. #d2e2e9
  9. #e1ecf0
  10. #f0f5f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#699eb6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #699eb6
  2. #6b9bb1
  3. #6e98ab
  4. #7095a6
  5. #7292a0
  6. #758f9b
  7. #778c96
  8. #798990
  9. #7b868b
  10. #7e8385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #879aa4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #929cb7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8693b6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #49a5a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #839db7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c98b6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #58a2ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-699eb6 {
  color: #699eb6;
}
Background
.bg-699eb6 {
  background-color: #699eb6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-699eb6 {
  border: 2px solid #699eb6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #699eb6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 158 182;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 35% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-699eb6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #699eb6, #6977b6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-699eb6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 158 182 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.40 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.13 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.26 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.92 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.12 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.45 #966149 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#699eb6  rgb(105, 158, 182)  hsl(199, 35%, 56%)  Moonstone Blue
#b68169  rgb(182, 129, 105)  hsl(19, 35%, 56%)  Cafe au Lait
#b6699e  rgb(182, 105, 158)  hsl(319, 35%, 56%)  Sky Magenta
#9eb669  rgb(158, 182, 105)  hsl(79, 35%, 56%)  Olivine