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#86A2A6

#86a2a6 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#86a2a6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 63.53% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 19.28% cyan, 2.41% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 187.5°, with 15.24% saturation and 58.82% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 8.43.

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Web safe#999999
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Relative luminance0.3366

Complementary

  1. #86a2a6
  2. #a68a86

Split complementary

  1. #86a2a6
  2. #a68692
  3. #a69a86

Analogous

  1. #86a69a
  2. #86a2a6
  3. #8692a6

Triadic

  1. #86a2a6
  2. #a686a2
  3. #a2a686

Tetradic

  1. #86a2a6
  2. #8a86a6
  3. #a68a86
  4. #a2a686

Square

  1. #86a2a6
  2. #9a86a6
  3. #a68a86
  4. #92a686

Monochromatic

  1. #3e5255
  2. #5f7d81
  3. #86a2a6
  4. #b2c4c6
  5. #dee6e7

Shades

#86a2a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #86a2a6
  2. #799295
  3. #6b8285
  4. #5e7174
  5. #506164
  6. #435153
  7. #364142
  8. #283132
  9. #1b2021
  10. #0d1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#86a2a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #86a2a6
  2. #92abaf
  3. #9eb5b8
  4. #aabec1
  5. #b6c7ca
  6. #c3d1d3
  7. #cfdadb
  8. #dbe3e4
  9. #e7eced
  10. #f3f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#86a2a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #86a2a6
  2. #859fa2
  3. #859b9e
  4. #84989b
  5. #849497
  6. #839193
  7. #828e8f
  8. #828a8b
  9. #818788
  10. #818384
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #949fa1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9da0a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #979ba6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7da5a3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a1a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #919ea6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #80a4a4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-86a2a6 {
  color: #86a2a6;
}
Background
.bg-86a2a6 {
  background-color: #86a2a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-86a2a6 {
  border: 2px solid #86a2a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #86a2a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 162 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 15% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-86a2a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #86a2a6, #8692a6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-86a2a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 162 166 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.43 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.63 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.53 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.90 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 11.35 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 11.35 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.51 #795d59 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#86a2a6  rgb(134, 162, 166)  hsl(188, 15%, 59%)  Moonstone Blue
#a68a86  rgb(166, 138, 134)  hsl(8, 15%, 59%)  Rosy Brown
#a686a2  rgb(166, 134, 162)  hsl(308, 15%, 59%)  Mountbatten Pink
#a2a686  rgb(162, 166, 134)  hsl(68, 15%, 59%)  Sage