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#8EAEBF

#8eaebf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8eaebf 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 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.65% cyan, 8.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 200.82°, with 27.68% saturation and 65.29% 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 8.96:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.02.

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Relative luminance0.3978

Complementary

  1. #8eaebf
  2. #bf9f8e

Split complementary

  1. #8eaebf
  2. #bf8e95
  3. #bfb78e

Analogous

  1. #8ebfb7
  2. #8eaebf
  3. #8e95bf

Triadic

  1. #8eaebf
  2. #bf8eae
  3. #aebf8e

Tetradic

  1. #8eaebf
  2. #9f8ebf
  3. #bf9f8e
  4. #aebf8e

Square

  1. #8eaebf
  2. #b78ebf
  3. #bf9f8e
  4. #95bf8e

Monochromatic

  1. #416273
  2. #5d8ba3
  3. #8eaebf
  4. #bfd1db
  5. #f0f4f6

Shades

#8eaebf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eaebf
  2. #809dac
  3. #728b99
  4. #637a86
  5. #556873
  6. #475760
  7. #39464c
  8. #2b3439
  9. #1c2326
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eaebf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eaebf
  2. #99b6c5
  3. #a5becc
  4. #b0c6d2
  5. #bbced9
  6. #c7d7df
  7. #d2dfe5
  8. #dde7ec
  9. #e8eff2
  10. #f4f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eaebf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eaebf
  2. #8da9b9
  3. #8ba5b2
  4. #8aa0ac
  5. #889ca6
  6. #8797a0
  7. #869299
  8. #848e93
  9. #83898d
  10. #818586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fabb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6adc0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fa7bf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7fb3b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dadc0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98aabf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86b1b8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eaebf {
  color: #8eaebf;
}
Background
.bg-8eaebf {
  background-color: #8eaebf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eaebf {
  border: 2px solid #8eaebf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eaebf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 174 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 201 28% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eaebf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eaebf, #8e95bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eaebf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 174 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.02 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.44 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.38 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.04 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.30 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 10.69 #715140 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8eaebf  rgb(142, 174, 191)  hsl(201, 28%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf9f8e  rgb(191, 159, 142)  hsl(21, 28%, 65%)  Tumbleweed
#bf8eae  rgb(191, 142, 174)  hsl(321, 28%, 65%)  Lilac
#aebf8e  rgb(174, 191, 142)  hsl(81, 28%, 65%)  Olivine