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#8AA6AD

#8aa6ad ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8aa6ad is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 65.1% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 20.23% cyan, 4.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 192°, with 17.59% saturation and 60.98% 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 8.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.22.

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Relative luminance0.3569

Complementary

  1. #8aa6ad
  2. #ad918a

Split complementary

  1. #8aa6ad
  2. #ad8a94
  3. #ada28a

Analogous

  1. #8aada2
  2. #8aa6ad
  3. #8a94ad

Triadic

  1. #8aa6ad
  2. #ad8aa6
  3. #a6ad8a

Tetradic

  1. #8aa6ad
  2. #918aad
  3. #ad918a
  4. #a6ad8a

Square

  1. #8aa6ad
  2. #a28aad
  3. #ad918a
  4. #94ad8a

Monochromatic

  1. #41575d
  2. #61828a
  3. #8aa6ad
  4. #b7c8cd
  5. #e4eaec

Shades

#8aa6ad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8aa6ad
  2. #7c959c
  3. #6e858a
  4. #617479
  5. #536468
  6. #455357
  7. #374245
  8. #293234
  9. #1c2123
  10. #0e1111
  11. #000000

Tints

#8aa6ad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8aa6ad
  2. #96afb5
  3. #a1b8bd
  4. #adc1c6
  5. #b9cace
  6. #c5d3d6
  7. #d0dbde
  8. #dce4e6
  9. #e8edef
  10. #f3f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8aa6ad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8aa6ad
  2. #89a2a9
  3. #889ea4
  4. #879ba0
  5. #86979b
  6. #859397
  7. #848f92
  8. #838b8e
  9. #828889
  10. #818485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98a3a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a4ad ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b9fad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #80a9a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a5ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94a2ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84a8aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8aa6ad {
  color: #8aa6ad;
}
Background
.bg-8aa6ad {
  background-color: #8aa6ad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8aa6ad {
  border: 2px solid #8aa6ad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8aa6ad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 166 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 192 18% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8aa6ad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8aa6ad, #8a94ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8aa6ad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 166 173 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.22 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.33 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.87 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.30 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.84 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.84 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 11.32 #755952 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8aa6ad  rgb(138, 166, 173)  hsl(192, 18%, 61%)  Moonstone Blue
#ad918a  rgb(173, 145, 138)  hsl(12, 18%, 61%)  Rosy Brown
#ad8aa6  rgb(173, 138, 166)  hsl(312, 18%, 61%)  Pastel Purple
#a6ad8a  rgb(166, 173, 138)  hsl(72, 18%, 61%)  Sage