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#8BBACF

#8bbacf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8bbacf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.51% red, 72.94% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.85% cyan, 10.14% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 198.53°, with 41.46% saturation and 67.84% 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 10.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.29.

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Relative luminance0.4511

Complementary

  1. #8bbacf
  2. #cfa08b

Split complementary

  1. #8bbacf
  2. #cf8b98
  3. #cfc28b

Analogous

  1. #8bcfc2
  2. #8bbacf
  3. #8b98cf

Triadic

  1. #8bbacf
  2. #cf8bba
  3. #bacf8b

Tetradic

  1. #8bbacf
  2. #a08bcf
  3. #cfa08b
  4. #bacf8b

Square

  1. #8bbacf
  2. #c28bcf
  3. #cfa08b
  4. #98cf8b

Monochromatic

  1. #387088
  2. #559ab9
  3. #8bbacf
  4. #c1dae5
  5. #f1f6f9

Shades

#8bbacf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8bbacf
  2. #7da7ba
  3. #6f95a6
  4. #618291
  5. #53707c
  6. #465d68
  7. #384a53
  8. #2a383e
  9. #1c2529
  10. #0e1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#8bbacf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8bbacf
  2. #97c1d4
  3. #a2c8d9
  4. #aecfdd
  5. #b9d6e2
  6. #c5dde7
  7. #d1e3ec
  8. #dceaf1
  9. #e8f1f5
  10. #f3f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8bbacf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8bbacf
  2. #8ab4c7
  3. #89aebf
  4. #88a9b7
  5. #87a3af
  6. #869da8
  7. #8497a0
  8. #839198
  9. #828c90
  10. #818688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5b6bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb8d0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b0cf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74c0c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b9d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bb4cf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ebec6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8bbacf {
  color: #8bbacf;
}
Background
.bg-8bbacf {
  background-color: #8bbacf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8bbacf {
  border: 2px solid #8bbacf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8bbacf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 139 186 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 41% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8bbacf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8bbacf, #8b98cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8bbacf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(139 186 207 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.29 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.88 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.34 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.16 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.91 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.09 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.05 #744530 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8bbacf  rgb(139, 186, 207)  hsl(199, 41%, 68%)  Moonstone Blue
#cfa08b  rgb(207, 160, 139)  hsl(19, 41%, 68%)  Tumbleweed
#cf8bba  rgb(207, 139, 186)  hsl(319, 41%, 68%)  Sky Magenta
#bacf8b  rgb(186, 207, 139)  hsl(79, 41%, 68%)  Olivine