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#79AABC

#79aabc ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79aabc is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 66.67% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.64% cyan, 9.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 196.12°, with 33.33% saturation and 60.59% 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 8.29:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.43.

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Relative luminance0.3645

Complementary

  1. #79aabc
  2. #bc8b79

Split complementary

  1. #79aabc
  2. #bc7989
  3. #bcad79

Analogous

  1. #79bcad
  2. #79aabc
  3. #7989bc

Triadic

  1. #79aabc
  2. #bc79aa
  3. #aabc79

Tetradic

  1. #79aabc
  2. #8b79bc
  3. #bc8b79
  4. #aabc79

Square

  1. #79aabc
  2. #ad79bc
  3. #bc8b79
  4. #89bc79

Monochromatic

  1. #345a68
  2. #4e869b
  3. #79aabc
  4. #accad6
  5. #dfebef

Shades

#79aabc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79aabc
  2. #6d99a9
  3. #618896
  4. #557784
  5. #496671
  6. #3d555e
  7. #30444b
  8. #243338
  9. #182226
  10. #0c1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#79aabc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79aabc
  2. #86b3c3
  3. #94bbc9
  4. #a1c4d0
  5. #afccd7
  6. #bcd5de
  7. #c9dde4
  8. #d7e6eb
  9. #e4eef2
  10. #f2f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79aabc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79aabc
  2. #7aa6b6
  3. #7aa2b0
  4. #7b9daa
  5. #7c99a4
  6. #7d959e
  7. #7d9198
  8. #7e8d92
  9. #7f888c
  10. #7f8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.29:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94a6ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a7bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #959fbc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #61b0b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a8bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ba4bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6baeb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79aabc {
  color: #79aabc;
}
Background
.bg-79aabc {
  background-color: #79aabc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79aabc {
  border: 2px solid #79aabc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79aabc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 170 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 33% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79aabc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79aabc, #7989bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79aabc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 170 188 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.43 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.63 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.50 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.79 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.98 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.59 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.61 #865543 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#79aabc  rgb(121, 170, 188)  hsl(196, 33%, 61%)  Moonstone Blue
#bc8b79  rgb(188, 139, 121)  hsl(16, 33%, 61%)  Beaver
#bc79aa  rgb(188, 121, 170)  hsl(316, 33%, 61%)  Sky Magenta
#aabc79  rgb(170, 188, 121)  hsl(76, 33%, 61%)  Olivine