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#8CB3CE

#8cb3ce ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8cb3ce is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 70.2% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.04% cyan, 13.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 204.55°, with 40.24% 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 9.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.18.

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Relative luminance0.4227

Complementary

  1. #8cb3ce
  2. #cea78c

Split complementary

  1. #8cb3ce
  2. #ce8c92
  3. #cec88c

Analogous

  1. #8ccec8
  2. #8cb3ce
  3. #8c92ce

Triadic

  1. #8cb3ce
  2. #ce8cb3
  3. #b3ce8c

Tetradic

  1. #8cb3ce
  2. #a78cce
  3. #cea78c
  4. #b3ce8c

Square

  1. #8cb3ce
  2. #c88cce
  3. #cea78c
  4. #92ce8c

Monochromatic

  1. #3a6887
  2. #5690b7
  3. #8cb3ce
  4. #c2d6e5
  5. #f1f6f9

Shades

#8cb3ce mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8cb3ce
  2. #7ea1b9
  3. #708fa5
  4. #627d90
  5. #546b7c
  6. #465a67
  7. #384852
  8. #2a363e
  9. #1c2429
  10. #0e1215
  11. #000000

Tints

#8cb3ce mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8cb3ce
  2. #98bbd3
  3. #a3c2d8
  4. #afcadd
  5. #bad1e2
  6. #c6d9e7
  7. #d1e1eb
  8. #dde8f0
  9. #e8f0f5
  10. #f4f7fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8cb3ce mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8cb3ce
  2. #8baec6
  3. #8aa9be
  4. #88a4b7
  5. #879faf
  6. #869aa7
  7. #85949f
  8. #848f97
  9. #828a90
  10. #818588
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1b0bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7b2cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9eabce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #77babc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9db2cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97aece ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #80b7c3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8cb3ce {
  color: #8cb3ce;
}
Background
.bg-8cb3ce {
  background-color: #8cb3ce;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8cb3ce {
  border: 2px solid #8cb3ce;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8cb3ce;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 179 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 40% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8cb3ce {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8cb3ce, #8c92ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8cb3ce {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 179 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.18 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.96 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.84 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 7.97 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.26 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.34 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.42 #734c31 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8cb3ce  rgb(140, 179, 206)  hsl(205, 40%, 68%)  Moonstone Blue
#cea78c  rgb(206, 167, 140)  hsl(25, 40%, 68%)  Tumbleweed
#ce8cb3  rgb(206, 140, 179)  hsl(325, 40%, 68%)  Puce
#b3ce8c  rgb(179, 206, 140)  hsl(85, 40%, 68%)  Olivine