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#79AEBD

#79aebd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79aebd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 68.24% green and 74.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.98% cyan, 7.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 193.24°, with 34% saturation and 60.78% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.11.

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Web safe#6699cc
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Relative luminance0.3801

Complementary

  1. #79aebd
  2. #bd8879

Split complementary

  1. #79aebd
  2. #bd798c
  3. #bdaa79

Analogous

  1. #79bdaa
  2. #79aebd
  3. #798cbd

Triadic

  1. #79aebd
  2. #bd79ae
  3. #aebd79

Tetradic

  1. #79aebd
  2. #8879bd
  3. #bd8879
  4. #aebd79

Square

  1. #79aebd
  2. #aa79bd
  3. #bd8879
  4. #8cbd79

Monochromatic

  1. #345d69
  2. #4d8b9c
  3. #79aebd
  4. #accdd6
  5. #dfecef

Shades

#79aebd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79aebd
  2. #6d9daa
  3. #618b97
  4. #557a84
  5. #496871
  6. #3d575f
  7. #30464c
  8. #243439
  9. #182326
  10. #0c1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#79aebd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79aebd
  2. #86b6c4
  3. #94beca
  4. #a1c6d1
  5. #afced7
  6. #bcd7de
  7. #c9dfe5
  8. #d7e7eb
  9. #e4eff2
  10. #f2f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79aebd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79aebd
  2. #7aa9b7
  3. #7aa5b1
  4. #7ba0ab
  5. #7c9ca5
  6. #7d979f
  7. #7d9298
  8. #7e8e92
  9. #7f898c
  10. #7f8586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96a9b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4abbe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99a2bd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #60b4b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95acbe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8da7bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6bb1b7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79aebd {
  color: #79aebd;
}
Background
.bg-79aebd {
  background-color: #79aebd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79aebd {
  border: 2px solid #79aebd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79aebd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 174 189;
  --color-primary-hsl: 193 34% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79aebd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79aebd, #798cbd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79aebd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 174 189 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.11 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.62 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.38 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.32 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.32 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.45 #865142 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#79aebd  rgb(121, 174, 189)  hsl(193, 34%, 61%)  Moonstone Blue
#bd8879  rgb(189, 136, 121)  hsl(13, 34%, 61%)  Rosy Brown
#bd79ae  rgb(189, 121, 174)  hsl(313, 34%, 61%)  Sky Magenta
#aebd79  rgb(174, 189, 121)  hsl(73, 34%, 61%)  Olivine