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#6AA1BF

#6aa1bf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6aa1bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.57% red, 63.14% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.5% cyan, 15.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 201.18°, with 39.91% saturation and 58.24% 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 7.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.98.

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Relative luminance0.3232

Complementary

  1. #6aa1bf
  2. #bf886a

Split complementary

  1. #6aa1bf
  2. #bf6a77
  3. #bfb36a

Analogous

  1. #6abfb3
  2. #6aa1bf
  3. #6a77bf

Triadic

  1. #6aa1bf
  2. #bf6aa1
  3. #a1bf6a

Tetradic

  1. #6aa1bf
  2. #886abf
  3. #bf886a
  4. #a1bf6a

Square

  1. #6aa1bf
  2. #b36abf
  3. #bf886a
  4. #77bf6a

Monochromatic

  1. #2b5065
  2. #427b9a
  3. #6aa1bf
  4. #a0c3d6
  5. #d5e5ed

Shades

#6aa1bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6aa1bf
  2. #5f91ac
  3. #558199
  4. #4a7186
  5. #406173
  6. #355160
  7. #2a404c
  8. #203039
  9. #152026
  10. #0b1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#6aa1bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6aa1bf
  2. #79aac5
  3. #88b4cc
  4. #97bdd2
  5. #a6c7d9
  6. #b5d0df
  7. #c3d9e5
  8. #d2e3ec
  9. #e1ecf2
  10. #f0f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6aa1bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6aa1bf
  2. #6c9eb9
  3. #6e9ab2
  4. #7197ac
  5. #7394a6
  6. #7591a0
  7. #778d99
  8. #798a93
  9. #7c878d
  10. #7e8386
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #899daa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #939fc1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8796bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #46a9ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84a0c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c9abf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #56a6b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6aa1bf {
  color: #6aa1bf;
}
Background
.bg-6aa1bf {
  background-color: #6aa1bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6aa1bf {
  border: 2px solid #6aa1bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6aa1bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 106 161 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 40% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6aa1bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6aa1bf, #6a77bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6aa1bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(106 161 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.86 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 4.98 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 7.61 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.73 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.93 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.07 #955e40 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6aa1bf  rgb(106, 161, 191)  hsl(201, 40%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf886a  rgb(191, 136, 106)  hsl(21, 40%, 58%)  Raw Sienna
#bf6aa1  rgb(191, 106, 161)  hsl(321, 40%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#a1bf6a  rgb(161, 191, 106)  hsl(81, 40%, 58%)  Olivine