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#8CBACE

#8cbace ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8cbace is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 72.94% green and 80.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.04% cyan, 9.71% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 198.18°, 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 10.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.41.

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Relative luminance0.4515

Complementary

  1. #8cbace
  2. #cea08c

Split complementary

  1. #8cbace
  2. #ce8c99
  3. #cec18c

Analogous

  1. #8ccec1
  2. #8cbace
  3. #8c99ce

Triadic

  1. #8cbace
  2. #ce8cba
  3. #bace8c

Tetradic

  1. #8cbace
  2. #a08cce
  3. #cea08c
  4. #bace8c

Square

  1. #8cbace
  2. #c18cce
  3. #cea08c
  4. #99ce8c

Monochromatic

  1. #3a7087
  2. #569ab7
  3. #8cbace
  4. #c2dae5
  5. #f1f6f9

Shades

#8cbace mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8cbace
  2. #7ea7b9
  3. #7095a5
  4. #628290
  5. #54707c
  6. #465d67
  7. #384a52
  8. #2a383e
  9. #1c2529
  10. #0e1315
  11. #000000

Tints

#8cbace mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8cbace
  2. #98c1d3
  3. #a3c8d8
  4. #afcfdd
  5. #bad6e2
  6. #c6dde7
  7. #d1e3eb
  8. #ddeaf0
  9. #e8f1f5
  10. #f4f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8cbace mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8cbace
  2. #8bb4c6
  3. #8aaebe
  4. #88a9b7
  5. #87a3af
  6. #869da7
  7. #85979f
  8. #849197
  9. #828c90
  10. #818688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5b6be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb8cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5b0ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76c0c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b9cf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cb4ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7fbec6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8cbace {
  color: #8cbace;
}
Background
.bg-8cbace {
  background-color: #8cbace;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8cbace {
  border: 2px solid #8cbace;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8cbace;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 186 206;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 40% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8cbace {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8cbace, #8c99ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8cbace {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 186 206 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.41 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.02 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 6.53 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.93 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 7.97 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.18 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 8.98 #734531 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8cbace  rgb(140, 186, 206)  hsl(198, 40%, 68%)  Moonstone Blue
#cea08c  rgb(206, 160, 140)  hsl(18, 40%, 68%)  Tumbleweed
#ce8cba  rgb(206, 140, 186)  hsl(318, 40%, 68%)  Sky Magenta
#bace8c  rgb(186, 206, 140)  hsl(78, 40%, 68%)  Olivine