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#69A9BC

#69a9bc ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#69a9bc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.18% red, 66.27% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.15% cyan, 10.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 193.73°, with 38.25% saturation and 57.45% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.59.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3501

Complementary

  1. #69a9bc
  2. #bc7c69

Split complementary

  1. #69a9bc
  2. #bc6980
  3. #bca569

Analogous

  1. #69bca5
  2. #69a9bc
  3. #6980bc

Triadic

  1. #69a9bc
  2. #bc69a9
  3. #a9bc69

Tetradic

  1. #69a9bc
  2. #7c69bc
  3. #bc7c69
  4. #a9bc69

Square

  1. #69a9bc
  2. #a569bc
  3. #bc7c69
  4. #80bc69

Monochromatic

  1. #2b5561
  2. #438396
  3. #69a9bc
  4. #9ec7d4
  5. #d3e6eb

Shades

#69a9bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #69a9bc
  2. #5f98a9
  3. #548796
  4. #4a7684
  5. #3f6571
  6. #35555e
  7. #2a444b
  8. #203338
  9. #152226
  10. #0b1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#69a9bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #69a9bc
  2. #78b2c3
  3. #87bac9
  4. #96c3d0
  5. #a5cbd7
  6. #b4d4de
  7. #c3dde4
  8. #d2e5eb
  9. #e1eef2
  10. #f0f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#69a9bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #69a9bc
  2. #6ba5b6
  3. #6ea1b0
  4. #709daa
  5. #7299a4
  6. #75959e
  7. #779098
  8. #798c92
  9. #7b888c
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8da4ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da5bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #909cbc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #44b0af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba7bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82a1bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #55adb4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-69a9bc {
  color: #69a9bc;
}
Background
.bg-69a9bc {
  background-color: #69a9bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-69a9bc {
  border: 2px solid #69a9bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #69a9bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 169 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 38% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-69a9bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #69a9bc, #6980bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-69a9bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 169 188 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.59 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.57 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.96 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.52 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 11.29 #965643 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#69a9bc  rgb(105, 169, 188)  hsl(194, 38%, 57%)  Moonstone Blue
#bc7c69  rgb(188, 124, 105)  hsl(14, 38%, 57%)  Old Rose
#bc69a9  rgb(188, 105, 169)  hsl(314, 38%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#a9bc69  rgb(169, 188, 105)  hsl(74, 38%, 57%)  Olivine