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#6BBACD

#6bbacd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6bbacd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 41.96% red, 72.94% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.8% cyan, 9.27% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 191.63°, with 49.49% saturation and 61.18% 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 9.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.7.

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Relative luminance0.4265

Complementary

  1. #6bbacd
  2. #cd7e6b

Split complementary

  1. #6bbacd
  2. #cd6b89
  3. #cdaf6b

Analogous

  1. #6bcdaf
  2. #6bbacd
  3. #6b89cd

Triadic

  1. #6bbacd
  2. #cd6bba
  3. #bacd6b

Tetradic

  1. #6bbacd
  2. #7e6bcd
  3. #cd7e6b
  4. #bacd6b

Square

  1. #6bbacd
  2. #af6bcd
  3. #cd7e6b
  4. #89cd6b

Monochromatic

  1. #286877
  2. #3b99b0
  3. #6bbacd
  4. #a4d5e0
  5. #ddeff4

Shades

#6bbacd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6bbacd
  2. #60a7b9
  3. #5695a4
  4. #4b8290
  5. #40707b
  6. #365d67
  7. #2b4a52
  8. #20383e
  9. #152529
  10. #0b1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#6bbacd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6bbacd
  2. #7ac1d2
  3. #89c8d7
  4. #97cfdc
  5. #a6d6e1
  6. #b5dde6
  7. #c4e3eb
  8. #d3eaf0
  9. #e1f1f5
  10. #f0f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6bbacd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6bbacd
  2. #6db4c5
  3. #6faebe
  4. #71a9b6
  5. #73a3ae
  6. #769da7
  7. #78979f
  8. #7a9197
  9. #7c8c8f
  10. #7e8688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98b3bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #acb5ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9daacd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #37c1c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97b7ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cb0cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #51bec5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6bbacd {
  color: #6bbacd;
}
Background
.bg-6bbacd {
  background-color: #6bbacd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6bbacd {
  border: 2px solid #6bbacd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6bbacd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 107 186 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 49% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6bbacd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6bbacd, #6b89cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6bbacd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(107 186 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.70 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.99 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.12 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.07 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.38 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.40 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.63 #944532 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6bbacd  rgb(107, 186, 205)  hsl(192, 49%, 61%)  Moonstone Blue
#cd7e6b  rgb(205, 126, 107)  hsl(12, 49%, 61%)  Terra Cotta
#cd6bba  rgb(205, 107, 186)  hsl(312, 49%, 61%)  Sky Magenta
#bacd6b  rgb(186, 205, 107)  hsl(72, 49%, 61%)  June Bud