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#6CA5BC

#6ca5bc ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ca5bc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.35% red, 64.71% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.55% cyan, 12.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 197.25°, with 37.38% saturation and 58.04% 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 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 1.79.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3373

Complementary

  1. #6ca5bc
  2. #bc836c

Split complementary

  1. #6ca5bc
  2. #bc6c7d
  3. #bcab6c

Analogous

  1. #6cbcab
  2. #6ca5bc
  3. #6c7dbc

Triadic

  1. #6ca5bc
  2. #bc6ca5
  3. #a5bc6c

Tetradic

  1. #6ca5bc
  2. #836cbc
  3. #bc836c
  4. #a5bc6c

Square

  1. #6ca5bc
  2. #ab6cbc
  3. #bc836c
  4. #7dbc6c

Monochromatic

  1. #2d5362
  2. #457f97
  3. #6ca5bc
  4. #a1c5d4
  5. #d5e5ec

Shades

#6ca5bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ca5bc
  2. #6195a9
  3. #568496
  4. #4c7484
  5. #416371
  6. #36535e
  7. #2b424b
  8. #203238
  9. #162126
  10. #0b1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ca5bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ca5bc
  2. #7baec3
  3. #89b7c9
  4. #98c0d0
  5. #a7c9d7
  6. #b6d2de
  7. #c4dbe4
  8. #d3e4eb
  9. #e2edf2
  10. #f0f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ca5bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ca5bc
  2. #6ea1b6
  3. #709eb0
  4. #729aaa
  5. #7496a4
  6. #76939e
  7. #788f98
  8. #7a8b92
  9. #7c878c
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ca0aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #98a2bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c99bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4bacac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89a3bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #819ebc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5aa9b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ca5bc {
  color: #6ca5bc;
}
Background
.bg-6ca5bc {
  background-color: #6ca5bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ca5bc {
  border: 2px solid #6ca5bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ca5bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 108 165 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 37% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ca5bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ca5bc, #6c7dbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ca5bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(108 165 188 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 1.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.40 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.79 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.84 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.49 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.68 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 11.13 #935a43 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6ca5bc  rgb(108, 165, 188)  hsl(197, 37%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#bc836c  rgb(188, 131, 108)  hsl(17, 37%, 58%)  Cafe au Lait
#bc6ca5  rgb(188, 108, 165)  hsl(317, 37%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#a5bc6c  rgb(165, 188, 108)  hsl(77, 37%, 58%)  Olivine