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#8EAEC7

#8eaec7 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8eaec7 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 78.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.64% cyan, 12.56% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 206.32°, with 33.73% saturation and 66.86% 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 9.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.73.

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Relative luminance0.4015

Complementary

  1. #8eaec7
  2. #c7a78e

Split complementary

  1. #8eaec7
  2. #c78e91
  3. #c7c48e

Analogous

  1. #8ec7c4
  2. #8eaec7
  3. #8e91c7

Triadic

  1. #8eaec7
  2. #c78eae
  3. #aec78e

Tetradic

  1. #8eaec7
  2. #a78ec7
  3. #c7a78e
  4. #aec78e

Square

  1. #8eaec7
  2. #c48ec7
  3. #c7a78e
  4. #91c78e

Monochromatic

  1. #3e627e
  2. #5b89ae
  3. #8eaec7
  4. #c1d3e0
  5. #f1f5f8

Shades

#8eaec7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eaec7
  2. #809db3
  3. #728b9f
  4. #637a8b
  5. #556877
  6. #475764
  7. #394650
  8. #2b343c
  9. #1c2328
  10. #0e1114
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eaec7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eaec7
  2. #99b6cd
  3. #a5bed2
  4. #b0c6d8
  5. #bbcedd
  6. #c7d7e3
  7. #d2dfe9
  8. #dde7ee
  9. #e8eff4
  10. #f4f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eaec7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eaec7
  2. #8da9c0
  3. #8ba5b9
  4. #8aa0b2
  5. #889cab
  6. #8797a4
  7. #86929c
  8. #848e95
  9. #83898e
  10. #818587
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9facb6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4adc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca7c7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7db4b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9baec8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97aac7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84b2bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eaec7 {
  color: #8eaec7;
}
Background
.bg-8eaec7 {
  background-color: #8eaec7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eaec7 {
  border: 2px solid #8eaec7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eaec7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 174 199;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 34% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eaec7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eaec7, #8e91c7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eaec7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 174 199 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.73 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.00 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 7.74 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 9.02 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.12 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.46 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.57 #715138 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8eaec7  rgb(142, 174, 199)  hsl(206, 34%, 67%)  Moonstone Blue
#c7a78e  rgb(199, 167, 142)  hsl(26, 34%, 67%)  Tumbleweed
#c78eae  rgb(199, 142, 174)  hsl(326, 34%, 67%)  Puce
#aec78e  rgb(174, 199, 142)  hsl(86, 34%, 67%)  Olivine