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#83B0C6

#83b0c6 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#83b0c6 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 69.02% green and 77.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.84% cyan, 11.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 22.35% black. Its hue angle is 199.7°, with 37.02% saturation and 64.51% 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 8.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 2.86.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3995

Complementary

  1. #83b0c6
  2. #c69983

Split complementary

  1. #83b0c6
  2. #c6838f
  3. #c6bb83

Analogous

  1. #83c6bb
  2. #83b0c6
  3. #838fc6

Triadic

  1. #83b0c6
  2. #c683b0
  3. #b0c683

Tetradic

  1. #83b0c6
  2. #9983c6
  3. #c69983
  4. #b0c683

Square

  1. #83b0c6
  2. #bb83c6
  3. #c69983
  4. #8fc683

Monochromatic

  1. #376379
  2. #508ead
  3. #83b0c6
  4. #b7d1de
  5. #ecf3f6

Shades

#83b0c6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #83b0c6
  2. #769eb2
  3. #698d9e
  4. #5c7b8b
  5. #4f6a77
  6. #425863
  7. #34464f
  8. #27353b
  9. #1a2328
  10. #0d1214
  11. #000000

Tints

#83b0c6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #83b0c6
  2. #8fb8cc
  3. #9cc0d1
  4. #a8c8d7
  5. #b5d0dd
  6. #c1d8e3
  7. #cddfe8
  8. #dae7ee
  9. #e6eff4
  10. #f3f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#83b0c6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #83b0c6
  2. #83abbf
  3. #82a6b8
  4. #82a2b1
  5. #829daa
  6. #8298a3
  7. #81939c
  8. #818e95
  9. #818a8e
  10. #808587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9cacb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5aec7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba6c6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6cb6b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99afc7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92aac6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76b4bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-83b0c6 {
  color: #83b0c6;
}
Background
.bg-83b0c6 {
  background-color: #83b0c6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-83b0c6 {
  border: 2px solid #83b0c6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #83b0c6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 176 198;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 37% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-83b0c6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #83b0c6, #838fc6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-83b0c6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 176 198 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 2.86 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.17 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.27 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.61 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.89 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.57 #7c4f39 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#83b0c6  rgb(131, 176, 198)  hsl(200, 37%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue
#c69983  rgb(198, 153, 131)  hsl(20, 37%, 65%)  Tumbleweed
#c683b0  rgb(198, 131, 176)  hsl(320, 37%, 65%)  Sky Magenta
#b0c683  rgb(176, 198, 131)  hsl(80, 37%, 65%)  Olivine