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#789BA9

#789ba9 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#789ba9 is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.06% red, 60.78% green and 66.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.99% cyan, 8.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 197.14°, with 22.17% saturation and 56.67% 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 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.72.

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Relative luminance0.303

Complementary

  1. #789ba9
  2. #a98678

Split complementary

  1. #789ba9
  2. #a97883
  3. #a99f78

Analogous

  1. #78a99f
  2. #789ba9
  3. #7883a9

Triadic

  1. #789ba9
  2. #a9789b
  3. #9ba978

Tetradic

  1. #789ba9
  2. #8678a9
  3. #a98678
  4. #9ba978

Square

  1. #789ba9
  2. #9f78a9
  3. #a98678
  4. #83a978

Monochromatic

  1. #354a53
  2. #537482
  3. #789ba9
  4. #a7bec7
  5. #d5e0e5

Shades

#789ba9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #789ba9
  2. #6c8c98
  3. #607c87
  4. #546d76
  5. #485d65
  6. #3c4e55
  7. #303e44
  8. #242f33
  9. #181f22
  10. #0c1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#789ba9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #789ba9
  2. #86a5b2
  3. #93afba
  4. #a1b9c3
  5. #aec3cb
  6. #bccdd4
  7. #c9d7dd
  8. #d7e1e5
  9. #e4ebee
  10. #f2f5f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#789ba9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #789ba9
  2. #7998a5
  3. #7a96a1
  4. #7a939d
  5. #7b9099
  6. #7c8e95
  7. #7d8b90
  8. #7e888c
  9. #7e8588
  10. #7f8384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8b989e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9399aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c93a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #689f9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #899aa9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8496a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6f9ea3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-789ba9 {
  color: #789ba9;
}
Background
.bg-789ba9 {
  background-color: #789ba9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-789ba9 {
  border: 2px solid #789ba9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #789ba9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 120 155 169;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 22% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-789ba9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #789ba9, #7883a9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-789ba9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(120 155 169 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.72 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.29 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 8.53 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 8.53 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.40 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.91 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.63 #876456 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#789ba9  rgb(120, 155, 169)  hsl(197, 22%, 57%)  Moonstone Blue
#a98678  rgb(169, 134, 120)  hsl(17, 22%, 57%)  Beaver
#a9789b  rgb(169, 120, 155)  hsl(317, 22%, 57%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9ba978  rgb(155, 169, 120)  hsl(77, 22%, 57%)  Asparagus