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#77AAC8

#77aac8 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#77aac8 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 46.67% red, 66.67% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.5% cyan, 15% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 202.22°, with 42.41% saturation and 62.55% 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 8.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.27.

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Relative luminance0.3684

Complementary

  1. #77aac8
  2. #c89577

Split complementary

  1. #77aac8
  2. #c87782
  3. #c8bd77

Analogous

  1. #77c8bd
  2. #77aac8
  3. #7782c8

Triadic

  1. #77aac8
  2. #c877aa
  3. #aac877

Tetradic

  1. #77aac8
  2. #9577c8
  3. #c89577
  4. #aac877

Square

  1. #77aac8
  2. #bd77c8
  3. #c89577
  4. #82c877

Monochromatic

  1. #305c76
  2. #4687ad
  3. #77aac8
  4. #adccde
  5. #e4eef4

Shades

#77aac8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #77aac8
  2. #6b99b4
  3. #5f88a0
  4. #53778c
  5. #476678
  6. #3c5564
  7. #304450
  8. #24333c
  9. #182228
  10. #0c1114
  11. #000000

Tints

#77aac8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #77aac8
  2. #85b3ce
  3. #92bbd3
  4. #a0c4d9
  5. #adccde
  6. #bbd5e4
  7. #c9dde9
  8. #d6e6ef
  9. #e4eef4
  10. #f1f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#77aac8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #77aac8
  2. #78a6c1
  3. #79a2ba
  4. #7a9db2
  5. #7b99ab
  6. #7c95a4
  7. #7c919d
  8. #7d8d96
  9. #7e888e
  10. #7f8487
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94a6b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ca9ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91a0c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #58b2b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fa9c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87a4c8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #66afbc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-77aac8 {
  color: #77aac8;
}
Background
.bg-77aac8 {
  background-color: #77aac8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-77aac8 {
  border: 2px solid #77aac8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #77aac8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 119 170 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 42% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-77aac8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #77aac8, #7782c8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-77aac8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(119 170 200 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 4.16 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.96 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 8.61 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.80 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.85 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.98 #885537 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#77aac8  rgb(119, 170, 200)  hsl(202, 42%, 63%)  Moonstone Blue
#c89577  rgb(200, 149, 119)  hsl(22, 42%, 63%)  Tumbleweed
#c877aa  rgb(200, 119, 170)  hsl(322, 42%, 63%)  Sky Magenta
#aac877  rgb(170, 200, 119)  hsl(82, 42%, 63%)  Pistachio