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#84A5BB

#84a5bb ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#84a5bb is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 64.71% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.41% cyan, 11.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.67% black. Its hue angle is 204°, with 28.8% saturation and 62.55% 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 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 4.39.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.354

Complementary

  1. #84a5bb
  2. #bb9a84

Split complementary

  1. #84a5bb
  2. #bb8489
  3. #bbb684

Analogous

  1. #84bbb6
  2. #84a5bb
  3. #8489bb

Triadic

  1. #84a5bb
  2. #bb84a5
  3. #a5bb84

Tetradic

  1. #84a5bb
  2. #9a84bb
  3. #bb9a84
  4. #a5bb84

Square

  1. #84a5bb
  2. #b684bb
  3. #bb9a84
  4. #89bb84

Monochromatic

  1. #3b586b
  2. #56809c
  3. #84a5bb
  4. #b5c9d6
  5. #e7edf1

Shades

#84a5bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #84a5bb
  2. #7795a8
  3. #6a8496
  4. #5c7483
  5. #4f6370
  6. #42535e
  7. #35424b
  8. #283238
  9. #1a2125
  10. #0d1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#84a5bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #84a5bb
  2. #90aec2
  3. #9db7c9
  4. #a9c0cf
  5. #b5c9d6
  6. #c2d2dd
  7. #cedbe4
  8. #dae4eb
  9. #e6edf1
  10. #f3f6f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#84a5bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #84a5bb
  2. #84a1b5
  3. #839eaf
  4. #839aa9
  5. #8296a3
  6. #82939e
  7. #828f98
  8. #818b92
  9. #81878c
  10. #808486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #96a2ac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9ba4bc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #949ebb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73abac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93a4bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ea1bb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aa8b2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-84a5bb {
  color: #84a5bb;
}
Background
.bg-84a5bb {
  background-color: #84a5bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-84a5bb {
  border: 2px solid #84a5bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #84a5bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 165 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 29% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-84a5bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #84a5bb, #8489bb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-84a5bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 165 187 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 4.39 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.09 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 8.30 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.76 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.88 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.88 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.25 #7b5a44 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#84a5bb  rgb(132, 165, 187)  hsl(204, 29%, 63%)  Moonstone Blue
#bb9a84  rgb(187, 154, 132)  hsl(24, 29%, 63%)  Camel
#bb84a5  rgb(187, 132, 165)  hsl(324, 29%, 63%)  Puce
#a5bb84  rgb(165, 187, 132)  hsl(84, 29%, 63%)  Olivine