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#8EAEBA

#8eaeba ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8eaeba is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 68.24% green and 72.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 23.66% cyan, 6.45% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 196.36°, 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 8.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.71.

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Relative luminance0.3957

Complementary

  1. #8eaeba
  2. #ba9a8e

Split complementary

  1. #8eaeba
  2. #ba8e98
  3. #bab08e

Analogous

  1. #8ebab0
  2. #8eaeba
  3. #8e98ba

Triadic

  1. #8eaeba
  2. #ba8eae
  3. #aeba8e

Tetradic

  1. #8eaeba
  2. #9a8eba
  3. #ba9a8e
  4. #aeba8e

Square

  1. #8eaeba
  2. #b08eba
  3. #ba9a8e
  4. #98ba8e

Monochromatic

  1. #42616d
  2. #5f8c9c
  3. #8eaeba
  4. #bdd0d7
  5. #edf2f4

Shades

#8eaeba mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eaeba
  2. #809da7
  3. #728b95
  4. #637a82
  5. #556870
  6. #47575d
  7. #39464a
  8. #2b3438
  9. #1c2325
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eaeba mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eaeba
  2. #99b6c1
  3. #a5bec8
  4. #b0c6cf
  5. #bbced6
  6. #c7d7dd
  7. #d2dfe3
  8. #dde7ea
  9. #e8eff1
  10. #f4f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eaeba mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eaeba
  2. #8da9b4
  3. #8ba5ae
  4. #8aa0a9
  5. #889ca3
  6. #87979d
  7. #869297
  8. #848e91
  9. #83898c
  10. #818586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fabb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7acbb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a6ba ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #81b2b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eadba ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99aaba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86b0b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eaeba {
  color: #8eaeba;
}
Background
.bg-8eaeba {
  background-color: #8eaeba;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eaeba {
  border: 2px solid #8eaeba;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eaeba;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 174 186;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 24% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eaeba {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eaeba, #8e98ba);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eaeba {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 174 186 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.71 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.24 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.44 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.45 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.83 #715145 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8eaeba  rgb(142, 174, 186)  hsl(196, 24%, 64%)  Moonstone Blue
#ba9a8e  rgb(186, 154, 142)  hsl(16, 24%, 64%)  Rosy Brown
#ba8eae  rgb(186, 142, 174)  hsl(316, 24%, 64%)  Lilac
#aeba8e  rgb(174, 186, 142)  hsl(76, 24%, 64%)  Sage