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#6DBADD

#6dbadd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6dbadd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 42.75% red, 72.94% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.68% cyan, 15.84% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 198.75°, with 62.22% saturation and 64.71% 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 9.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.46.

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Relative luminance0.4359

Complementary

  1. #6dbadd
  2. #dd906d

Split complementary

  1. #6dbadd
  2. #dd6d82
  3. #ddc86d

Analogous

  1. #6dddc8
  2. #6dbadd
  3. #6d82dd

Triadic

  1. #6dbadd
  2. #dd6dba
  3. #badd6d

Tetradic

  1. #6dbadd
  2. #906ddd
  3. #dd906d
  4. #badd6d

Square

  1. #6dbadd
  2. #c86ddd
  3. #dd906d
  4. #82dd6d

Monochromatic

  1. #216d90
  2. #309cce
  3. #6dbadd
  4. #abd7eb
  5. #e9f5fa

Shades

#6dbadd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6dbadd
  2. #62a7c7
  3. #5795b1
  4. #4c829b
  5. #417085
  6. #375d6f
  7. #2c4a58
  8. #213842
  9. #16252c
  10. #0b1316
  11. #000000

Tints

#6dbadd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6dbadd
  2. #7cc1e0
  3. #8ac8e4
  4. #99cfe7
  5. #a7d6eb
  6. #b6ddee
  7. #c5e3f1
  8. #d3eaf5
  9. #e2f1f8
  10. #f0f8fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6dbadd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6dbadd
  2. #6fb4d4
  3. #71aeca
  4. #73a9c1
  5. #75a3b8
  6. #779daf
  7. #7897a5
  8. #7a919c
  9. #7c8c93
  10. #7e8689
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b0b0b0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ab4c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8b7df ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98abdd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #2cc4c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94b8de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89b1dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4ec0cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6dbadd {
  color: #6dbadd;
}
Background
.bg-6dbadd {
  background-color: #6dbadd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6dbadd {
  border: 2px solid #6dbadd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6dbadd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 109 186 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 62% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6dbadd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6dbadd, #6d82dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6dbadd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(109 186 221 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.46 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.58 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.70 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 6.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 6.32 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 6.46 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.64 #924522 Inverted #b0b0b0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6dbadd  rgb(109, 186, 221)  hsl(199, 62%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue
#dd906d  rgb(221, 144, 109)  hsl(19, 62%, 65%)  Dark Salmon
#dd6dba  rgb(221, 109, 186)  hsl(319, 62%, 65%)  Sky Magenta
#badd6d  rgb(186, 221, 109)  hsl(79, 62%, 65%)  June Bud