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#8CA3A6

#8ca3a6 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ca3a6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 63.92% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 15.66% cyan, 1.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 34.9% black. Its hue angle is 186.92°, with 12.75% saturation and 60% 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 9.26.

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Relative luminance0.3452

Complementary

  1. #8ca3a6
  2. #a68f8c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca3a6
  2. #a68c96
  3. #a69c8c

Analogous

  1. #8ca69c
  2. #8ca3a6
  3. #8c96a6

Triadic

  1. #8ca3a6
  2. #a68ca3
  3. #a3a68c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca3a6
  2. #8f8ca6
  3. #a68f8c
  4. #a3a68c

Square

  1. #8ca3a6
  2. #9c8ca6
  3. #a68f8c
  4. #96a68c

Monochromatic

  1. #435456
  2. #647e81
  3. #8ca3a6
  4. #b7c6c7
  5. #e2e8e9

Shades

#8ca3a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca3a6
  2. #7e9395
  3. #708285
  4. #627274
  5. #546264
  6. #465253
  7. #384142
  8. #2a3132
  9. #1c2121
  10. #0e1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca3a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca3a6
  2. #98acaf
  3. #a3b5b8
  4. #afbfc1
  5. #bac8ca
  6. #c6d1d3
  7. #d1dadb
  8. #dde3e4
  9. #e8eded
  10. #f4f6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca3a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca3a6
  2. #8ba0a2
  3. #8a9c9e
  4. #88999b
  5. #879597
  6. #869293
  7. #858e8f
  8. #848b8b
  9. #828788
  10. #818484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98a0a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa1a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a9da6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #85a5a4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a2a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95a0a6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88a4a5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca3a6 {
  color: #8ca3a6;
}
Background
.bg-8ca3a6 {
  background-color: #8ca3a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca3a6 {
  border: 2px solid #8ca3a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca3a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 163 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 187 13% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca3a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca3a6, #8c96a6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca3a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 163 166 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 9.26 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.82 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.82 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.03 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 10.09 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 10.25 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 10.36 #735c59 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8ca3a6  rgb(140, 163, 166)  hsl(187, 13%, 60%)  Moonstone Blue
#a68f8c  rgb(166, 143, 140)  hsl(7, 13%, 60%)  Rosy Brown
#a68ca3  rgb(166, 140, 163)  hsl(307, 13%, 60%)  Rose Quartz
#a3a68c  rgb(163, 166, 140)  hsl(67, 13%, 60%)  Sage