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#8EA4AD

#8ea4ad ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ea4ad is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 64.31% green and 67.84% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 17.92% cyan, 5.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 32.16% black. Its hue angle is 197.42°, with 15.9% saturation and 61.76% 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 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 7.68.

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Relative luminance0.3532

Complementary

  1. #8ea4ad
  2. #ad978e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea4ad
  2. #ad8e94
  3. #ada68e

Analogous

  1. #8eada6
  2. #8ea4ad
  3. #8e94ad

Triadic

  1. #8ea4ad
  2. #ad8ea4
  3. #a4ad8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea4ad
  2. #978ead
  3. #ad978e
  4. #a4ad8e

Square

  1. #8ea4ad
  2. #a68ead
  3. #ad978e
  4. #94ad8e

Monochromatic

  1. #44565e
  2. #647f8a
  3. #8ea4ad
  4. #bac8cd
  5. #e7ebed

Shades

#8ea4ad mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea4ad
  2. #80949c
  3. #72838a
  4. #637379
  5. #556268
  6. #475257
  7. #394245
  8. #2b3134
  9. #1c2123
  10. #0e1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea4ad mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea4ad
  2. #99adb5
  3. #a5b6bd
  4. #b0bfc6
  5. #bbc8ce
  6. #c7d2d6
  7. #d2dbde
  8. #dde4e6
  9. #e8edef
  10. #f4f6f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea4ad mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea4ad
  2. #8da0a9
  3. #8b9da4
  4. #8a99a0
  5. #88969b
  6. #879297
  7. #868e92
  8. #848b8e
  9. #838789
  10. #818485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99a2a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa3ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a9fad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #85a7a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #98a3ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #95a1ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #89a6a9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea4ad {
  color: #8ea4ad;
}
Background
.bg-8ea4ad {
  background-color: #8ea4ad;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea4ad {
  border: 2px solid #8ea4ad;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea4ad;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 164 173;
  --color-primary-hsl: 197 16% 62%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea4ad {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea4ad, #8e94ad);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea4ad {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 164 173 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.68 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 9.30 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 9.30 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.37 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.10 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 10.10 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.37 #715b52 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8ea4ad  rgb(142, 164, 173)  hsl(197, 16%, 62%)  Moonstone Blue
#ad978e  rgb(173, 151, 142)  hsl(17, 16%, 62%)  Silver Pink
#ad8ea4  rgb(173, 142, 164)  hsl(317, 16%, 62%)  Rose Quartz
#a4ad8e  rgb(164, 173, 142)  hsl(77, 16%, 62%)  Sage