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#69A9BE

#69a9be ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#69a9be 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 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.74% cyan, 11.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 194.82°, with 39.53% 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 8.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.9.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.351

Complementary

  1. #69a9be
  2. #be7e69

Split complementary

  1. #69a9be
  2. #be697e
  3. #bea869

Analogous

  1. #69bea8
  2. #69a9be
  3. #697ebe

Triadic

  1. #69a9be
  2. #be69a9
  3. #a9be69

Tetradic

  1. #69a9be
  2. #7e69be
  3. #be7e69
  4. #a9be69

Square

  1. #69a9be
  2. #a869be
  3. #be7e69
  4. #7ebe69

Monochromatic

  1. #2b5563
  2. #428398
  3. #69a9be
  4. #9ec8d5
  5. #d4e6ec

Shades

#69a9be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #69a9be
  2. #5f98ab
  3. #548798
  4. #4a7685
  5. #3f6572
  6. #35555f
  7. #2a444c
  8. #203339
  9. #152226
  10. #0b1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#69a9be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #69a9be
  2. #78b2c5
  3. #87bacb
  4. #96c3d2
  5. #a5cbd8
  6. #b4d4df
  7. #c3dde5
  8. #d2e5ec
  9. #e1eef2
  10. #f0f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#69a9be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #69a9be
  2. #6ba5b8
  3. #6ea1b2
  4. #709dab
  5. #7299a5
  6. #75959f
  7. #779099
  8. #798c93
  9. #7b888c
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8da4ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ca6bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f9cbe ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #42b0b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba7bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82a1be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #54adb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-69a9be {
  color: #69a9be;
}
Background
.bg-69a9be {
  background-color: #69a9be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-69a9be {
  border: 2px solid #69a9be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #69a9be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 105 169 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 40% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-69a9be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #69a9be, #697ebe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-69a9be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(105 169 190 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.90 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.12 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.21 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.29 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.98 #965641 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#69a9be  rgb(105, 169, 190)  hsl(195, 40%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#be7e69  rgb(190, 126, 105)  hsl(15, 40%, 58%)  Terra Cotta
#be69a9  rgb(190, 105, 169)  hsl(315, 40%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#a9be69  rgb(169, 190, 105)  hsl(75, 40%, 58%)  Olivine