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#6FA8BF

#6fa8bf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6fa8bf is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 65.88% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.88% cyan, 12.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 197.25°, with 38.46% saturation and 59.22% 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 8.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 1.25.

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Relative luminance0.3515

Complementary

  1. #6fa8bf
  2. #bf866f

Split complementary

  1. #6fa8bf
  2. #bf6f80
  3. #bfae6f

Analogous

  1. #6fbfae
  2. #6fa8bf
  3. #6f80bf

Triadic

  1. #6fa8bf
  2. #bf6fa8
  3. #a8bf6f

Tetradic

  1. #6fa8bf
  2. #866fbf
  3. #bf866f
  4. #a8bf6f

Square

  1. #6fa8bf
  2. #ae6fbf
  3. #bf866f
  4. #80bf6f

Monochromatic

  1. #2e5767
  2. #45839c
  3. #6fa8bf
  4. #a4c8d7
  5. #d9e8ee

Shades

#6fa8bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6fa8bf
  2. #6497ac
  3. #598699
  4. #4e7686
  5. #436573
  6. #385460
  7. #2c434c
  8. #213239
  9. #162226
  10. #0b1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#6fa8bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6fa8bf
  2. #7db1c5
  3. #8cb9cc
  4. #9ac2d2
  5. #a9cbd9
  6. #b7d4df
  7. #c5dce5
  8. #d4e5ec
  9. #e2eef2
  10. #f1f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6fa8bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6fa8bf
  2. #71a4b9
  3. #72a0b2
  4. #749cac
  5. #7698a6
  6. #7894a0
  7. #799099
  8. #7b8c93
  9. #7d888d
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.62:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fa3ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba5c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f9cbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4eafaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ca6c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84a1bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5dacb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6fa8bf {
  color: #6fa8bf;
}
Background
.bg-6fa8bf {
  background-color: #6fa8bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6fa8bf {
  border: 2px solid #6fa8bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6fa8bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 168 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 38% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6fa8bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6fa8bf, #6f80bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6fa8bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 168 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 1.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.35 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.02 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.55 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.98 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.24 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.30 #905740 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6fa8bf  rgb(111, 168, 191)  hsl(197, 38%, 59%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf866f  rgb(191, 134, 111)  hsl(17, 38%, 59%)  Cafe au Lait
#bf6fa8  rgb(191, 111, 168)  hsl(317, 38%, 59%)  Sky Magenta
#a8bf6f  rgb(168, 191, 111)  hsl(77, 38%, 59%)  Olivine