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#6D99AC

#6d99ac ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#6d99ac is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.75% red, 60% green and 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.63% cyan, 11.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 198.1°, with 27.51% saturation and 55.1% 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 6.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.19.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2901

Complementary

  1. #6d99ac
  2. #ac806d

Split complementary

  1. #6d99ac
  2. #ac6d7a
  3. #aca06d

Analogous

  1. #6daca0
  2. #6d99ac
  3. #6d7aac

Triadic

  1. #6d99ac
  2. #ac6d99
  3. #99ac6d

Tetradic

  1. #6d99ac
  2. #806dac
  3. #ac806d
  4. #99ac6d

Square

  1. #6d99ac
  2. #a06dac
  3. #ac806d
  4. #7aac6d

Monochromatic

  1. #2e4752
  2. #4a7182
  3. #6d99ac
  4. #9ebbc8
  5. #cfdde3

Shades

#6d99ac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6d99ac
  2. #628a9b
  3. #577a8a
  4. #4c6b78
  5. #415c67
  6. #374d56
  7. #2c3d45
  8. #212e34
  9. #161f22
  10. #0b0f11
  11. #000000

Tints

#6d99ac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6d99ac
  2. #7ca3b4
  3. #8aadbd
  4. #99b8c5
  5. #a7c2cd
  6. #b6ccd6
  7. #c5d6de
  8. #d3e0e6
  9. #e2ebee
  10. #f0f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6d99ac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6d99ac
  2. #6f97a8
  3. #7194a3
  4. #73929f
  5. #758f9a
  6. #778d96
  7. #788a92
  8. #7a888d
  9. #7c8589
  10. #7e8384
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85959d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8f97ad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #858fac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #569f9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8398ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c93ac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #609ca4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6d99ac {
  color: #6d99ac;
}
Background
.bg-6d99ac {
  background-color: #6d99ac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6d99ac {
  border: 2px solid #6d99ac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6d99ac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 109 153 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 28% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6d99ac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6d99ac, #6d7aac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6d99ac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(109 153 172 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.19 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 6.60 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 8.55 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.81 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.83 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.85 #926653 Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6d99ac  rgb(109, 153, 172)  hsl(198, 28%, 55%)  Moonstone Blue
#ac806d  rgb(172, 128, 109)  hsl(18, 28%, 55%)  Beaver
#ac6d99  rgb(172, 109, 153)  hsl(318, 28%, 55%)  Sky Magenta
#99ac6d  rgb(153, 172, 109)  hsl(78, 28%, 55%)  Asparagus