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#6CA6BB

#6ca6bb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ca6bb is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.35% red, 65.1% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.25% cyan, 11.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 195.95°, with 36.74% saturation and 57.84% 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 7.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.32.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3405

Complementary

  1. #6ca6bb
  2. #bb816c

Split complementary

  1. #6ca6bb
  2. #bb6c7e
  3. #bba86c

Analogous

  1. #6cbba8
  2. #6ca6bb
  3. #6c7ebb

Triadic

  1. #6ca6bb
  2. #bb6ca6
  3. #a6bb6c

Tetradic

  1. #6ca6bb
  2. #816cbb
  3. #bb816c
  4. #a6bb6c

Square

  1. #6ca6bb
  2. #a86cbb
  3. #bb816c
  4. #7ebb6c

Monochromatic

  1. #2d5361
  2. #458095
  3. #6ca6bb
  4. #a0c6d3
  5. #d5e5eb

Shades

#6ca6bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ca6bb
  2. #6195a8
  3. #568596
  4. #4c7483
  5. #416470
  6. #36535e
  7. #2b424b
  8. #203238
  9. #162125
  10. #0b1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ca6bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ca6bb
  2. #7bafc2
  3. #89b8c9
  4. #98c1cf
  5. #a7cad6
  6. #b6d3dd
  7. #c4dbe4
  8. #d3e4eb
  9. #e2edf1
  10. #f0f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ca6bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ca6bb
  2. #6ea2b5
  3. #709eaf
  4. #729ba9
  5. #7497a3
  6. #76939e
  7. #788f98
  8. #7a8b92
  9. #7c888c
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ca1aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9aa3bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e9abb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4badad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa4bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #829fbb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5aaab3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ca6bb {
  color: #6ca6bb;
}
Background
.bg-6ca6bb {
  background-color: #6ca6bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ca6bb {
  border: 2px solid #6ca6bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ca6bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 108 166 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 37% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ca6bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ca6bb, #6c7ebb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ca6bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(108 166 187 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.67 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.94 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.98 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.12 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.98 #935944 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6ca6bb  rgb(108, 166, 187)  hsl(196, 37%, 58%)  Moonstone Blue
#bb816c  rgb(187, 129, 108)  hsl(16, 37%, 58%)  Cafe au Lait
#bb6ca6  rgb(187, 108, 166)  hsl(316, 37%, 58%)  Sky Magenta
#a6bb6c  rgb(166, 187, 108)  hsl(76, 37%, 58%)  Olivine