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#8CA8BF

#8ca8bf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ca8bf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 65.88% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.7% cyan, 12.04% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 207.06°, with 28.49% saturation and 64.9% 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 8.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.06.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3734

Complementary

  1. #8ca8bf
  2. #bfa38c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca8bf
  2. #bf8c8e
  3. #bfbc8c

Analogous

  1. #8cbfbc
  2. #8ca8bf
  3. #8c8ebf

Triadic

  1. #8ca8bf
  2. #bf8ca8
  3. #a8bf8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca8bf
  2. #a38cbf
  3. #bfa38c
  4. #a8bf8c

Square

  1. #8ca8bf
  2. #bc8cbf
  3. #bfa38c
  4. #8ebf8c

Monochromatic

  1. #405b72
  2. #5b83a3
  3. #8ca8bf
  4. #bdcdda
  5. #eef2f6

Shades

#8ca8bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca8bf
  2. #7e97ac
  3. #708699
  4. #627686
  5. #546573
  6. #465460
  7. #38434c
  8. #2a3239
  9. #1c2226
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca8bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca8bf
  2. #98b1c5
  3. #a3b9cc
  4. #afc2d2
  5. #bacbd9
  6. #c6d4df
  7. #d1dce5
  8. #dde5ec
  9. #e8eef2
  10. #f4f6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca8bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca8bf
  2. #8ba4b9
  3. #8aa0b2
  4. #889cac
  5. #8798a6
  6. #8694a0
  7. #859099
  8. #848c93
  9. #82888d
  10. #818486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ba6b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa8c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98a2bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7daeaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a8c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93a4bf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #83abb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca8bf {
  color: #8ca8bf;
}
Background
.bg-8ca8bf {
  background-color: #8ca8bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca8bf {
  border: 2px solid #8ca8bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca8bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 168 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 207 28% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca8bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca8bf, #8c8ebf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca8bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 168 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.06 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.29 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.84 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.17 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.22 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.98 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 10.23 #735740 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8ca8bf  rgb(140, 168, 191)  hsl(207, 28%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue
#bfa38c  rgb(191, 163, 140)  hsl(27, 28%, 65%)  Tan
#bf8ca8  rgb(191, 140, 168)  hsl(327, 28%, 65%)  Puce
#a8bf8c  rgb(168, 191, 140)  hsl(87, 28%, 65%)  Olivine