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#8EB8CD

#8eb8cd ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8eb8cd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 72.16% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.73% cyan, 10.24% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 200°, with 38.65% saturation and 68.04% 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 9.89:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.23.

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Web safe#99cccc
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Relative luminance0.4444

Complementary

  1. #8eb8cd
  2. #cda38e

Split complementary

  1. #8eb8cd
  2. #cd8e99
  3. #cdc38e

Analogous

  1. #8ecdc3
  2. #8eb8cd
  3. #8e99cd

Triadic

  1. #8eb8cd
  2. #cd8eb8
  3. #b8cd8e

Tetradic

  1. #8eb8cd
  2. #a38ecd
  3. #cda38e
  4. #b8cd8e

Square

  1. #8eb8cd
  2. #c38ecd
  3. #cda38e
  4. #99cd8e

Monochromatic

  1. #3c6d86
  2. #5997b6
  3. #8eb8cd
  4. #c3d9e4
  5. #f1f6f9

Shades

#8eb8cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eb8cd
  2. #80a6b9
  3. #7293a4
  4. #638190
  5. #556e7b
  6. #475c67
  7. #394a52
  8. #2b373e
  9. #1c2529
  10. #0e1215
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eb8cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eb8cd
  2. #99bfd2
  3. #a5c6d7
  4. #b0cddc
  5. #bbd4e1
  6. #c7dce6
  7. #d2e3eb
  8. #ddeaf0
  9. #e8f1f5
  10. #f4f8fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eb8cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eb8cd
  2. #8db2c5
  3. #8badbe
  4. #8aa7b6
  5. #88a2ae
  6. #879ca7
  7. #86969f
  8. #849197
  9. #838b8f
  10. #818688
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5b4bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aeb6ce ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4afcd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7abebf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b7ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cb2cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #82bcc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eb8cd {
  color: #8eb8cd;
}
Background
.bg-8eb8cd {
  background-color: #8eb8cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eb8cd {
  border: 2px solid #8eb8cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eb8cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 184 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 200 39% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eb8cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eb8cd, #8e99cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eb8cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 184 205 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.23 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 6.74 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.84 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 7.03 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.53 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 8.56 #714732 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8eb8cd  rgb(142, 184, 205)  hsl(200, 39%, 68%)  Moonstone Blue
#cda38e  rgb(205, 163, 142)  hsl(20, 39%, 68%)  Tumbleweed
#cd8eb8  rgb(205, 142, 184)  hsl(320, 39%, 68%)  Lilac
#b8cd8e  rgb(184, 205, 142)  hsl(80, 39%, 68%)  Olivine