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#6EB5CE

#6eb5ce ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6eb5ce is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.14% red, 70.98% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 46.6% cyan, 12.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 195.63°, with 49.48% saturation and 61.96% 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 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.07.

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Relative luminance0.4082

Complementary

  1. #6eb5ce
  2. #ce876e

Split complementary

  1. #6eb5ce
  2. #ce6e85
  3. #ceb76e

Analogous

  1. #6eceb7
  2. #6eb5ce
  3. #6e85ce

Triadic

  1. #6eb5ce
  2. #ce6eb5
  3. #b5ce6e

Tetradic

  1. #6eb5ce
  2. #876ece
  3. #ce876e
  4. #b5ce6e

Square

  1. #6eb5ce
  2. #b76ece
  3. #ce876e
  4. #85ce6e

Monochromatic

  1. #29657a
  2. #3c94b3
  3. #6eb5ce
  4. #a7d2e1
  5. #e0eff5

Shades

#6eb5ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6eb5ce
  2. #63a3b9
  3. #5891a5
  4. #4d7f90
  5. #426d7c
  6. #375b67
  7. #2c4852
  8. #21363e
  9. #162429
  10. #0b1215
  11. #000000

Tints

#6eb5ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6eb5ce
  2. #7dbcd3
  3. #8bc4d8
  4. #9acbdd
  5. #a8d3e2
  6. #b7dae7
  7. #c5e1eb
  8. #d4e9f0
  9. #e2f0f5
  10. #f1f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6eb5ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6eb5ce
  2. #70b0c6
  3. #72aabe
  4. #73a5b7
  5. #75a0af
  6. #779ba7
  7. #79959f
  8. #7b9097
  9. #7c8b90
  10. #7e8588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97afba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6b1cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98a6ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #3fbdbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93b3cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89acce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #56bac4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6eb5ce {
  color: #6eb5ce;
}
Background
.bg-6eb5ce {
  background-color: #6eb5ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6eb5ce {
  border: 2px solid #6eb5ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6eb5ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 110 181 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 49% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6eb5ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6eb5ce, #6e85ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6eb5ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(110 181 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.07 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.81 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.52 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.83 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.07 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.23 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.43 #914a31 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6eb5ce  rgb(110, 181, 206)  hsl(196, 49%, 62%)  Moonstone Blue
#ce876e  rgb(206, 135, 110)  hsl(16, 49%, 62%)  Dark Salmon
#ce6eb5  rgb(206, 110, 181)  hsl(316, 49%, 62%)  Sky Magenta
#b5ce6e  rgb(181, 206, 110)  hsl(76, 49%, 62%)  June Bud