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#79ADBB

#79adbb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79adbb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 67.84% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.29% cyan, 7.49% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 192.73°, with 32.67% saturation and 60.39% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.36.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3754

Complementary

  1. #79adbb
  2. #bb8779

Split complementary

  1. #79adbb
  2. #bb798c
  3. #bba879

Analogous

  1. #79bba8
  2. #79adbb
  3. #798cbb

Triadic

  1. #79adbb
  2. #bb79ad
  3. #adbb79

Tetradic

  1. #79adbb
  2. #8779bb
  3. #bb8779
  4. #adbb79

Square

  1. #79adbb
  2. #a879bb
  3. #bb8779
  4. #8cbb79

Monochromatic

  1. #345c67
  2. #4e8a9a
  3. #79adbb
  4. #acccd5
  5. #deebef

Shades

#79adbb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79adbb
  2. #6d9ca8
  3. #618a96
  4. #557983
  5. #496870
  6. #3d575e
  7. #30454b
  8. #243438
  9. #182325
  10. #0c1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#79adbb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79adbb
  2. #86b5c2
  3. #94bdc9
  4. #a1c6cf
  5. #afced6
  6. #bcd6dd
  7. #c9dee4
  8. #d7e6eb
  9. #e4eff1
  10. #f2f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79adbb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79adbb
  2. #7aa9b5
  3. #7aa4af
  4. #7ba0a9
  5. #7c9ba3
  6. #7d979e
  7. #7d9298
  8. #7e8e92
  9. #7f898c
  10. #7f8586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95a8ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3aabc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a1bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #61b2b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94abbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8da6bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6bb0b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79adbb {
  color: #79adbb;
}
Background
.bg-79adbb {
  background-color: #79adbb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79adbb {
  border: 2px solid #79adbb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79adbb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 173 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 33% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79adbb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79adbb, #798cbb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79adbb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 173 187 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.36 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.23 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.79 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.45 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.60 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.68 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.70 #865244 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#79adbb  rgb(121, 173, 187)  hsl(193, 33%, 60%)  Moonstone Blue
#bb8779  rgb(187, 135, 121)  hsl(13, 33%, 60%)  Rosy Brown
#bb79ad  rgb(187, 121, 173)  hsl(313, 33%, 60%)  Sky Magenta
#adbb79  rgb(173, 187, 121)  hsl(73, 33%, 60%)  Olivine