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#8EAABA

#8eaaba ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8eaaba is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 66.67% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.66% cyan, 8.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 201.82°, with 24.18% saturation and 64.31% 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 8.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.6.

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Relative luminance0.3805

Complementary

  1. #8eaaba
  2. #ba9e8e

Split complementary

  1. #8eaaba
  2. #ba8e94
  3. #bab48e

Analogous

  1. #8ebab4
  2. #8eaaba
  3. #8e94ba

Triadic

  1. #8eaaba
  2. #ba8eaa
  3. #aaba8e

Tetradic

  1. #8eaaba
  2. #9e8eba
  3. #ba9e8e
  4. #aaba8e

Square

  1. #8eaaba
  2. #b48eba
  3. #ba9e8e
  4. #94ba8e

Monochromatic

  1. #425d6d
  2. #5f869c
  3. #8eaaba
  4. #bdced7
  5. #edf1f4

Shades

#8eaaba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eaaba
  2. #8099a7
  3. #728895
  4. #637782
  5. #556670
  6. #47555d
  7. #39444a
  8. #2b3338
  9. #1c2225
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eaaba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eaaba
  2. #99b3c1
  3. #a5bbc8
  4. #b0c4cf
  5. #bbccd6
  6. #c7d5dd
  7. #d2dde3
  8. #dde6ea
  9. #e8eef1
  10. #f4f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eaaba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eaaba
  2. #8da6b4
  3. #8ba2ae
  4. #8a9da9
  5. #8899a3
  6. #87959d
  7. #869197
  8. #848d91
  9. #83888c
  10. #818486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da8ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a9bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca4ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #81aeaf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ba9bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97a6ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #87adb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eaaba {
  color: #8eaaba;
}
Background
.bg-8eaaba {
  background-color: #8eaaba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eaaba {
  border: 2px solid #8eaaba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eaaba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 170 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 202 24% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eaaba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eaaba, #8e94ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eaaba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 170 186 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.60 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.55 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.72 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.89 #a9a9a9 Dark Gray ΔE 10.98 #a9a9a9 Dark Grey ΔE 10.98 #715545 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8eaaba  rgb(142, 170, 186)  hsl(202, 24%, 64%)  Moonstone Blue
#ba9e8e  rgb(186, 158, 142)  hsl(22, 24%, 64%)  Silver Pink
#ba8eaa  rgb(186, 142, 170)  hsl(322, 24%, 64%)  Lilac
#aaba8e  rgb(170, 186, 142)  hsl(82, 24%, 64%)  Olivine