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#6BB8DB

#6bb8db ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6bb8db is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 72.16% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 51.14% cyan, 15.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 198.75°, with 60.87% saturation and 63.92% 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.04.

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Relative luminance0.4252

Complementary

  1. #6bb8db
  2. #db8e6b

Split complementary

  1. #6bb8db
  2. #db6b80
  3. #dbc66b

Analogous

  1. #6bdbc6
  2. #6bb8db
  3. #6b80db

Triadic

  1. #6bb8db
  2. #db6bb8
  3. #b8db6b

Tetradic

  1. #6bb8db
  2. #8e6bdb
  3. #db8e6b
  4. #b8db6b

Square

  1. #6bb8db
  2. #c66bdb
  3. #db8e6b
  4. #80db6b

Monochromatic

  1. #226a8b
  2. #3199c9
  3. #6bb8db
  4. #a9d6ea
  5. #e6f3f9

Shades

#6bb8db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6bb8db
  2. #60a6c5
  3. #5693af
  4. #4b8199
  5. #406e83
  6. #365c6e
  7. #2b4a58
  8. #203742
  9. #15252c
  10. #0b1216
  11. #000000

Tints

#6bb8db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6bb8db
  2. #7abfdf
  3. #89c6e2
  4. #97cde6
  5. #a6d4e9
  6. #b5dced
  7. #c4e3f1
  8. #d3eaf4
  9. #e1f1f8
  10. #f0f8fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6bb8db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6bb8db
  2. #6db2d2
  3. #6fadc9
  4. #71a7c0
  5. #73a2b7
  6. #769cae
  7. #7896a4
  8. #7a919b
  9. #7c8b92
  10. #7e8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98b2c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b5dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96a9db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #28c2c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92b6dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87afdb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4cbecd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6bb8db {
  color: #6bb8db;
}
Background
.bg-6bb8db {
  background-color: #6bb8db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6bb8db {
  border: 2px solid #6bb8db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6bb8db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 184 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 61% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6bb8db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6bb8db, #6b80db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6bb8db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 184 219 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.04 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.11 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.38 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.51 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.29 #944724 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6bb8db  rgb(107, 184, 219)  hsl(199, 61%, 64%)  Moonstone Blue
#db8e6b  rgb(219, 142, 107)  hsl(19, 61%, 64%)  Dark Salmon
#db6bb8  rgb(219, 107, 184)  hsl(319, 61%, 64%)  Sky Magenta
#b8db6b  rgb(184, 219, 107)  hsl(79, 61%, 64%)  June Bud