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#72ABC6

#72abc6 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#72abc6 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 44.71% red, 67.06% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.42% cyan, 13.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 199.29°, with 42.42% saturation and 61.18% 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 8.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 0.82.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3678

Complementary

  1. #72abc6
  2. #c68d72

Split complementary

  1. #72abc6
  2. #c67281
  3. #c6b772

Analogous

  1. #72c6b7
  2. #72abc6
  3. #7281c6

Triadic

  1. #72abc6
  2. #c672ab
  3. #abc672

Tetradic

  1. #72abc6
  2. #8d72c6
  3. #c68d72
  4. #abc672

Square

  1. #72abc6
  2. #b772c6
  3. #c68d72
  4. #81c672

Monochromatic

  1. #2e5c71
  2. #4488a8
  3. #72abc6
  4. #a8cbdc
  5. #dfecf2

Shades

#72abc6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #72abc6
  2. #679ab2
  3. #5b899e
  4. #50788b
  5. #446777
  6. #395663
  7. #2e444f
  8. #22333b
  9. #172228
  10. #0b1114
  11. #000000

Tints

#72abc6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #72abc6
  2. #80b3cc
  3. #8ebcd1
  4. #9cc4d7
  5. #aacddd
  6. #b9d5e3
  7. #c7dde8
  8. #d5e6ee
  9. #e3eef4
  10. #f1f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#72abc6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #72abc6
  2. #73a7bf
  3. #75a2b8
  4. #769eb1
  5. #789aaa
  6. #7996a3
  7. #7a919c
  8. #7c8d95
  9. #7d898e
  10. #7f8487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92a6b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da9c7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #919fc6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4fb3b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eaac7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86a4c6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5fb0bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-72abc6 {
  color: #72abc6;
}
Background
.bg-72abc6 {
  background-color: #72abc6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-72abc6 {
  border: 2px solid #72abc6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #72abc6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 114 171 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 42% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-72abc6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #72abc6, #7281c6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-72abc6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(114 171 198 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 0.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.93 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.01 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.28 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.59 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 9.94 #8d5439 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#72abc6  rgb(114, 171, 198)  hsl(199, 42%, 61%)  Moonstone Blue
#c68d72  rgb(198, 141, 114)  hsl(19, 42%, 61%)  Raw Sienna
#c672ab  rgb(198, 114, 171)  hsl(319, 42%, 61%)  Sky Magenta
#abc672  rgb(171, 198, 114)  hsl(79, 42%, 61%)  Olivine