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#6FA4BD

#6fa4bd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6fa4bd is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 64.31% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.27% cyan, 13.23% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 199.23°, with 37.14% saturation and 58.82% 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 7.72:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 1.49.

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Relative luminance0.336

Complementary

  1. #6fa4bd
  2. #bd886f

Split complementary

  1. #6fa4bd
  2. #bd6f7d
  3. #bdaf6f

Analogous

  1. #6fbdaf
  2. #6fa4bd
  3. #6f7dbd

Triadic

  1. #6fa4bd
  2. #bd6fa4
  3. #a4bd6f

Tetradic

  1. #6fa4bd
  2. #886fbd
  3. #bd886f
  4. #a4bd6f

Square

  1. #6fa4bd
  2. #af6fbd
  3. #bd886f
  4. #7dbd6f

Monochromatic

  1. #2e5365
  2. #467f99
  3. #6fa4bd
  4. #a3c5d5
  5. #d8e6ed

Shades

#6fa4bd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6fa4bd
  2. #6494aa
  3. #598397
  4. #4e7384
  5. #436271
  6. #38525f
  7. #2c424c
  8. #213139
  9. #162126
  10. #0b1013
  11. #000000

Tints

#6fa4bd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6fa4bd
  2. #7dadc4
  3. #8cb6ca
  4. #9abfd1
  5. #a9c8d7
  6. #b7d2de
  7. #c5dbe5
  8. #d4e4eb
  9. #e2edf2
  10. #f1f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6fa4bd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6fa4bd
  2. #71a0b7
  3. #729db1
  4. #7499ab
  5. #7696a5
  6. #78929f
  7. #798e98
  8. #7b8b92
  9. #7d878c
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8da0ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97a2be ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c99bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #50abac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89a3be ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #819dbd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5ea8b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6fa4bd {
  color: #6fa4bd;
}
Background
.bg-6fa4bd {
  background-color: #6fa4bd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6fa4bd {
  border: 2px solid #6fa4bd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6fa4bd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 164 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 37% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6fa4bd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6fa4bd, #6f7dbd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6fa4bd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 164 189 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 1.49 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.21 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.80 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.83 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.22 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.77 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.18 #905b42 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6fa4bd  rgb(111, 164, 189)  hsl(199, 37%, 59%)  Moonstone Blue
#bd886f  rgb(189, 136, 111)  hsl(19, 37%, 59%)  Cafe au Lait
#bd6fa4  rgb(189, 111, 164)  hsl(319, 37%, 59%)  Sky Magenta
#a4bd6f  rgb(164, 189, 111)  hsl(79, 37%, 59%)  Olivine