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#76A3AE

#76a3ae ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#76a3ae is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.27% red, 63.92% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.18% cyan, 6.32% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 191.79°, with 25.69% saturation and 57.25% 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 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.38.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.331

Complementary

  1. #76a3ae
  2. #ae8176

Split complementary

  1. #76a3ae
  2. #ae7687
  3. #ae9d76

Analogous

  1. #76ae9d
  2. #76a3ae
  3. #7687ae

Triadic

  1. #76a3ae
  2. #ae76a3
  3. #a3ae76

Tetradic

  1. #76a3ae
  2. #8176ae
  3. #ae8176
  4. #a3ae76

Square

  1. #76a3ae
  2. #9d76ae
  3. #ae8176
  4. #87ae76

Monochromatic

  1. #345057
  2. #507d87
  3. #76a3ae
  4. #a6c3ca
  5. #d6e4e7

Shades

#76a3ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #76a3ae
  2. #6a939d
  3. #5e828b
  4. #53727a
  5. #476268
  6. #3b5257
  7. #2f4146
  8. #233134
  9. #182123
  10. #0c1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#76a3ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #76a3ae
  2. #84acb6
  3. #91b5be
  4. #9fbfc6
  5. #adc8ce
  6. #bbd1d7
  7. #c8dadf
  8. #d6e3e7
  9. #e4edef
  10. #f1f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#76a3ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #76a3ae
  2. #77a0a9
  3. #789ca5
  4. #7999a0
  5. #7a959c
  6. #7b9297
  7. #7c8e92
  8. #7d8b8e
  9. #7e8789
  10. #7f8485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e9fa3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba0af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9199ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #63a8a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8da1ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #879dae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6ba6a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-76a3ae {
  color: #76a3ae;
}
Background
.bg-76a3ae {
  background-color: #76a3ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-76a3ae {
  border: 2px solid #76a3ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #76a3ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 118 163 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 26% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-76a3ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #76a3ae, #7687ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-76a3ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(118 163 174 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.38 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.68 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.83 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.34 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.10 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 12.16 #895c51 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#76a3ae  rgb(118, 163, 174)  hsl(192, 26%, 57%)  Moonstone Blue
#ae8176  rgb(174, 129, 118)  hsl(12, 26%, 57%)  Beaver
#ae76a3  rgb(174, 118, 163)  hsl(312, 26%, 57%)  Sky Magenta
#a3ae76  rgb(163, 174, 118)  hsl(72, 26%, 57%)  Olivine