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#779CA7

#779ca7 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#779ca7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.67% red, 61.18% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.74% cyan, 6.59% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 193.75°, with 21.43% saturation and 56.08% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.22.

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Relative luminance0.3049

Complementary

  1. #779ca7
  2. #a78277

Split complementary

  1. #779ca7
  2. #a77784
  3. #a79a77

Analogous

  1. #77a79a
  2. #779ca7
  3. #7784a7

Triadic

  1. #779ca7
  2. #a7779c
  3. #9ca777

Tetradic

  1. #779ca7
  2. #8277a7
  3. #a78277
  4. #9ca777

Square

  1. #779ca7
  2. #9a77a7
  3. #a78277
  4. #84a777

Monochromatic

  1. #344a51
  2. #52757f
  3. #779ca7
  4. #a5bec5
  5. #d4e0e3

Shades

#779ca7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #779ca7
  2. #6b8c96
  3. #5f7d86
  4. #536d75
  5. #475e64
  6. #3c4e54
  7. #303e43
  8. #242f32
  9. #181f21
  10. #0c1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#779ca7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #779ca7
  2. #85a6b0
  3. #92b0b9
  4. #a0bac1
  5. #adc4ca
  6. #bbced3
  7. #c9d7dc
  8. #d6e1e5
  9. #e4ebed
  10. #f1f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#779ca7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #779ca7
  2. #7899a3
  3. #79969f
  4. #7a949b
  5. #7b9197
  6. #7c8e94
  7. #7c8b90
  8. #7d888c
  9. #7e8688
  10. #7f8384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b989d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #959aa8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d93a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #67a09f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8a9ba7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8597a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6e9ea2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-779ca7 {
  color: #779ca7;
}
Background
.bg-779ca7 {
  background-color: #779ca7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-779ca7 {
  border: 2px solid #779ca7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #779ca7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 119 156 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 194 21% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-779ca7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #779ca7, #7784a7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-779ca7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(119 156 167 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.22 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.85 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.46 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.76 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.76 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 10.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.24 #886358 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#779ca7  rgb(119, 156, 167)  hsl(194, 21%, 56%)  Moonstone Blue
#a78277  rgb(167, 130, 119)  hsl(14, 21%, 56%)  Beaver
#a7779c  rgb(167, 119, 156)  hsl(314, 21%, 56%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9ca777  rgb(156, 167, 119)  hsl(74, 21%, 56%)  Moss Green