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#8EAABE

#8eaabe ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8eaabe 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 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.26% cyan, 10.53% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 205°, with 26.97% saturation and 65.1% 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 8.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.74.

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Relative luminance0.3822

Complementary

  1. #8eaabe
  2. #bea28e

Split complementary

  1. #8eaabe
  2. #be8e92
  3. #beba8e

Analogous

  1. #8ebeba
  2. #8eaabe
  3. #8e92be

Triadic

  1. #8eaabe
  2. #be8eaa
  3. #aabe8e

Tetradic

  1. #8eaabe
  2. #a28ebe
  3. #bea28e
  4. #aabe8e

Square

  1. #8eaabe
  2. #ba8ebe
  3. #bea28e
  4. #92be8e

Monochromatic

  1. #415e72
  2. #5d85a2
  3. #8eaabe
  4. #bfcfda
  5. #eff3f6

Shades

#8eaabe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eaabe
  2. #8099ab
  3. #728898
  4. #637785
  5. #556672
  6. #47555f
  7. #39444c
  8. #2b3339
  9. #1c2226
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eaabe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eaabe
  2. #99b3c5
  3. #a5bbcb
  4. #b0c4d2
  5. #bbccd8
  6. #c7d5df
  7. #d2dde5
  8. #dde6ec
  9. #e8eef2
  10. #f4f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eaabe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eaabe
  2. #8da6b8
  3. #8ba2b2
  4. #8a9dab
  5. #8899a5
  6. #87959f
  7. #869199
  8. #848d93
  9. #83888c
  10. #818486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da8b0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a9bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ba4be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #80afb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aaabf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a6be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86adb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eaabe {
  color: #8eaabe;
}
Background
.bg-8eaabe {
  background-color: #8eaabe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eaabe {
  border: 2px solid #8eaabe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eaabe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 170 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 205 27% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eaabe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eaabe, #8e92be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eaabe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 170 190 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 8.81 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.89 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.89 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.08 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 10.99 #715541 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8eaabe  rgb(142, 170, 190)  hsl(205, 27%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue
#bea28e  rgb(190, 162, 142)  hsl(25, 27%, 65%)  Tumbleweed
#be8eaa  rgb(190, 142, 170)  hsl(325, 27%, 65%)  Puce
#aabe8e  rgb(170, 190, 142)  hsl(85, 27%, 65%)  Olivine