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#86AFBF

#86afbf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#86afbf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 68.63% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29.84% cyan, 8.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 196.84°, with 30.81% saturation and 63.73% 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 8.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.9.

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Relative luminance0.3949

Complementary

  1. #86afbf
  2. #bf9686

Split complementary

  1. #86afbf
  2. #bf8693
  3. #bfb386

Analogous

  1. #86bfb3
  2. #86afbf
  3. #8693bf

Triadic

  1. #86afbf
  2. #bf86af
  3. #afbf86

Tetradic

  1. #86afbf
  2. #9686bf
  3. #bf9686
  4. #afbf86

Square

  1. #86afbf
  2. #b386bf
  3. #bf9686
  4. #93bf86

Monochromatic

  1. #3c6271
  2. #568da3
  3. #86afbf
  4. #b8d0d9
  5. #eaf1f4

Shades

#86afbf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #86afbf
  2. #799eac
  3. #6b8c99
  4. #5e7b86
  5. #506973
  6. #435860
  7. #36464c
  8. #283539
  9. #1b2326
  10. #0d1213
  11. #000000

Tints

#86afbf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #86afbf
  2. #92b7c5
  3. #9ebfcc
  4. #aac7d2
  5. #b6cfd9
  6. #c3d7df
  7. #cfdfe5
  8. #dbe7ec
  9. #e7eff2
  10. #f3f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#86afbf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #86afbf
  2. #85aab9
  3. #85a6b2
  4. #84a1ac
  5. #849ca6
  6. #8398a0
  7. #829399
  8. #828e93
  9. #81898d
  10. #818586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9cabb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6adc0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9da6bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74b4b4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aaec0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94a9bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7bb2b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-86afbf {
  color: #86afbf;
}
Background
.bg-86afbf {
  background-color: #86afbf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-86afbf {
  border: 2px solid #86afbf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #86afbf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 175 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 31% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-86afbf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #86afbf, #8693bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-86afbf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 175 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.90 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.24 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.18 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.69 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.65 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.96 #795040 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#86afbf  rgb(134, 175, 191)  hsl(197, 31%, 64%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf9686  rgb(191, 150, 134)  hsl(17, 31%, 64%)  Rosy Brown
#bf86af  rgb(191, 134, 175)  hsl(317, 31%, 64%)  Sky Magenta
#afbf86  rgb(175, 191, 134)  hsl(77, 31%, 64%)  Olivine