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#80A4AB

#80a4ab ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#80a4ab is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 64.31% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.15% cyan, 4.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 189.77°, with 20.38% saturation and 58.63% 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 7.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.78.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3408

Complementary

  1. #80a4ab
  2. #ab8780

Split complementary

  1. #80a4ab
  2. #ab808f
  3. #ab9d80

Analogous

  1. #80ab9d
  2. #80a4ab
  3. #808fab

Triadic

  1. #80a4ab
  2. #ab80a4
  3. #a4ab80

Tetradic

  1. #80a4ab
  2. #8780ab
  3. #ab8780
  4. #a4ab80

Square

  1. #80a4ab
  2. #9d80ab
  3. #ab8780
  4. #8fab80

Monochromatic

  1. #3a5358
  2. #597f86
  3. #80a4ab
  4. #aec5c9
  5. #dce6e8

Shades

#80a4ab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #80a4ab
  2. #73949a
  3. #668389
  4. #5a7378
  5. #4d6267
  6. #405256
  7. #334244
  8. #263133
  9. #1a2122
  10. #0d1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#80a4ab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #80a4ab
  2. #8dadb3
  3. #99b6bc
  4. #a6bfc4
  5. #b3c8cd
  6. #c0d2d5
  7. #ccdbdd
  8. #d9e4e6
  9. #e6edee
  10. #f2f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#80a4ab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #80a4ab
  2. #80a0a7
  3. #809da2
  4. #80999e
  5. #80969a
  6. #809296
  7. #808e91
  8. #808b8d
  9. #808789
  10. #808484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93a0a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ea1ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #969bab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72a7a6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93a2ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e9fab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #78a6a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-80a4ab {
  color: #80a4ab;
}
Background
.bg-80a4ab {
  background-color: #80a4ab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-80a4ab {
  border: 2px solid #80a4ab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #80a4ab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 164 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 190 20% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-80a4ab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #80a4ab, #808fab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-80a4ab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 164 171 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.78 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.46 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.97 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 11.02 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.15 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 12.15 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 12.41 #7f5b54 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#80a4ab  rgb(128, 164, 171)  hsl(190, 20%, 59%)  Moonstone Blue
#ab8780  rgb(171, 135, 128)  hsl(10, 20%, 59%)  Rosy Brown
#ab80a4  rgb(171, 128, 164)  hsl(310, 20%, 59%)  Mountbatten Pink
#a4ab80  rgb(164, 171, 128)  hsl(70, 20%, 59%)  Sage