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#6FA9BC

#6fa9bc ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#6fa9bc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 43.53% red, 66.27% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.96% cyan, 10.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 194.81°, with 36.49% saturation and 58.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.8.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3539

Complementary

  1. #6fa9bc
  2. #bc826f

Split complementary

  1. #6fa9bc
  2. #bc6f83
  3. #bca96f

Analogous

  1. #6fbca9
  2. #6fa9bc
  3. #6f83bc

Triadic

  1. #6fa9bc
  2. #bc6fa9
  3. #a9bc6f

Tetradic

  1. #6fa9bc
  2. #826fbc
  3. #bc826f
  4. #a9bc6f

Square

  1. #6fa9bc
  2. #a96fbc
  3. #bc826f
  4. #83bc6f

Monochromatic

  1. #2e5664
  2. #478498
  3. #6fa9bc
  4. #a3c8d4
  5. #d7e7ed

Shades

#6fa9bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #6fa9bc
  2. #6498a9
  3. #598796
  4. #4e7684
  5. #436571
  6. #38555e
  7. #2c444b
  8. #213338
  9. #162226
  10. #0b1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#6fa9bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #6fa9bc
  2. #7db2c3
  3. #8cbac9
  4. #9ac3d0
  5. #a9cbd7
  6. #b7d4de
  7. #c5dde4
  8. #d4e5eb
  9. #e2eef2
  10. #f1f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#6fa9bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #6fa9bc
  2. #71a5b6
  3. #72a1b0
  4. #749daa
  5. #7699a4
  6. #78959e
  7. #799098
  8. #7b8c92
  9. #7d888c
  10. #7e8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fa4ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da6bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #919dbc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #50afaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8da7bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85a2bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5eadb4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-6fa9bc {
  color: #6fa9bc;
}
Background
.bg-6fa9bc {
  background-color: #6fa9bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-6fa9bc {
  border: 2px solid #6fa9bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #6fa9bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 111 169 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 36% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-6fa9bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #6fa9bc, #6f83bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-6fa9bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(111 169 188 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.80 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.01 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.65 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 9.79 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.30 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 11.01 #905643 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#6fa9bc  rgb(111, 169, 188)  hsl(195, 36%, 59%)  Moonstone Blue
#bc826f  rgb(188, 130, 111)  hsl(15, 36%, 59%)  Old Rose
#bc6fa9  rgb(188, 111, 169)  hsl(315, 36%, 59%)  Sky Magenta
#a9bc6f  rgb(169, 188, 111)  hsl(75, 36%, 59%)  Olivine