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#85A1AE

#85a1ae ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#85a1ae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 63.14% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.56% cyan, 7.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 199.02°, with 20.2% saturation and 60.2% 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 7.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.9.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3353

Complementary

  1. #85a1ae
  2. #ae9285

Split complementary

  1. #85a1ae
  2. #ae858d
  3. #aea785

Analogous

  1. #85aea7
  2. #85a1ae
  3. #858dae

Triadic

  1. #85a1ae
  2. #ae85a1
  3. #a1ae85

Tetradic

  1. #85a1ae
  2. #9285ae
  3. #ae9285
  4. #a1ae85

Square

  1. #85a1ae
  2. #a785ae
  3. #ae9285
  4. #8dae85

Monochromatic

  1. #3d535d
  2. #5c7c8b
  3. #85a1ae
  4. #b3c4cd
  5. #e1e8eb

Shades

#85a1ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #85a1ae
  2. #78919d
  3. #6a818b
  4. #5d717a
  5. #506168
  6. #435157
  7. #354046
  8. #283034
  9. #1b2023
  10. #0d1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#85a1ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #85a1ae
  2. #91aab6
  3. #9db4be
  4. #aabdc6
  5. #b6c7ce
  6. #c2d0d7
  7. #ced9df
  8. #dae3e7
  9. #e7ecef
  10. #f3f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#85a1ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #85a1ae
  2. #859ea9
  3. #849aa5
  4. #8497a0
  5. #83949c
  6. #839197
  7. #828d92
  8. #828a8e
  9. #818789
  10. #818385
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #949ea4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9a9faf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #949aae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #79a5a5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a0ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e9dae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ea3a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-85a1ae {
  color: #85a1ae;
}
Background
.bg-85a1ae {
  background-color: #85a1ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-85a1ae {
  border: 2px solid #85a1ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #85a1ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 161 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 20% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-85a1ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #85a1ae, #858dae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-85a1ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 161 174 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.90 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.12 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 9.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.65 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 10.21 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.67 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 11.17 #7a5e51 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#85a1ae  rgb(133, 161, 174)  hsl(199, 20%, 60%)  Moonstone Blue
#ae9285  rgb(174, 146, 133)  hsl(19, 20%, 60%)  Beaver
#ae85a1  rgb(174, 133, 161)  hsl(319, 20%, 60%)  Mountbatten Pink
#a1ae85  rgb(161, 174, 133)  hsl(79, 20%, 60%)  Sage