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#6EA9BD

#6ea9bd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6ea9bd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 66.27% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.8% cyan, 10.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 195.19°, with 37.44% saturation and 58.63% 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 8.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.55.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3537

Complementary

  1. #6ea9bd
  2. #bd826e

Split complementary

  1. #6ea9bd
  2. #bd6e82
  3. #bdaa6e

Analogous

  1. #6ebdaa
  2. #6ea9bd
  3. #6e82bd

Triadic

  1. #6ea9bd
  2. #bd6ea9
  3. #a9bd6e

Tetradic

  1. #6ea9bd
  2. #826ebd
  3. #bd826e
  4. #a9bd6e

Square

  1. #6ea9bd
  2. #aa6ebd
  3. #bd826e
  4. #82bd6e

Monochromatic

  1. #2e5764
  2. #468499
  3. #6ea9bd
  4. #a3c8d5
  5. #d7e7ed

Shades

#6ea9bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6ea9bd
  2. #6398aa
  3. #588797
  4. #4d7684
  5. #426571
  6. #37555f
  7. #2c444c
  8. #213339
  9. #162226
  10. #0b1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#6ea9bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6ea9bd
  2. #7db2c4
  3. #8bbaca
  4. #9ac3d1
  5. #a8cbd7
  6. #b7d4de
  7. #c5dde5
  8. #d4e5eb
  9. #e2eef2
  10. #f1f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6ea9bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6ea9bd
  2. #70a5b7
  3. #72a1b1
  4. #739dab
  5. #7599a5
  6. #77959f
  7. #799098
  8. #7b8c92
  9. #7c888c
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fa4ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da6be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #919cbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4db0af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8da7be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84a2bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5cadb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6ea9bd {
  color: #6ea9bd;
}
Background
.bg-6ea9bd {
  background-color: #6ea9bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6ea9bd {
  border: 2px solid #6ea9bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6ea9bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 169 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 37% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6ea9bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6ea9bd, #6e82bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6ea9bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 169 189 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.72 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.83 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.32 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.64 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.22 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.90 #915642 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6ea9bd  rgb(110, 169, 189)  hsl(195, 37%, 59%)  Moonstone Blue
#bd826e  rgb(189, 130, 110)  hsl(15, 37%, 59%)  Cafe au Lait
#bd6ea9  rgb(189, 110, 169)  hsl(315, 37%, 59%)  Sky Magenta
#a9bd6e  rgb(169, 189, 110)  hsl(75, 37%, 59%)  Olivine