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#8FAEB9

#8faeb9 ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8faeb9 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 68.24% green and 72.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.7% cyan, 5.95% magenta, 0% yellow and 27.45% black. Its hue angle is 195.71°, with 23.08% 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 8.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 6.09.

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Relative luminance0.3961

Complementary

  1. #8faeb9
  2. #b99a8f

Split complementary

  1. #8faeb9
  2. #b98f99
  3. #b9af8f

Analogous

  1. #8fb9af
  2. #8faeb9
  3. #8f99b9

Triadic

  1. #8faeb9
  2. #b98fae
  3. #aeb98f

Tetradic

  1. #8faeb9
  2. #9a8fb9
  3. #b99a8f
  4. #aeb98f

Square

  1. #8faeb9
  2. #af8fb9
  3. #b99a8f
  4. #99b98f

Monochromatic

  1. #43616c
  2. #618c9b
  3. #8faeb9
  4. #bed0d6
  5. #edf2f4

Shades

#8faeb9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8faeb9
  2. #819da7
  3. #728b94
  4. #647a82
  5. #56686f
  6. #48575d
  7. #39464a
  8. #2b3438
  9. #1d2325
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#8faeb9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8faeb9
  2. #9ab6c0
  3. #a5bec7
  4. #b1c6ce
  5. #bcced5
  6. #c7d7dc
  7. #d2dfe3
  8. #dde7ea
  9. #e9eff1
  10. #f4f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8faeb9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8faeb9
  2. #8ea9b3
  3. #8ca5ae
  4. #8ba0a8
  5. #899ca2
  6. #88979d
  7. #869297
  8. #858e91
  9. #83898b
  10. #828586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fabb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7acba ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a7b9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #83b2b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9eadb9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9aaab9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #88b0b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8faeb9 {
  color: #8faeb9;
}
Background
.bg-8faeb9 {
  background-color: #8faeb9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8faeb9 {
  border: 2px solid #8faeb9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8faeb9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 174 185;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 23% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8faeb9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8faeb9, #8f99b9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8faeb9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 174 185 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 6.09 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.13 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.01 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 10.68 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 10.83 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.95 #705146 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8faeb9  rgb(143, 174, 185)  hsl(196, 23%, 64%)  Moonstone Blue
#b99a8f  rgb(185, 154, 143)  hsl(16, 23%, 64%)  Rosy Brown
#b98fae  rgb(185, 143, 174)  hsl(316, 23%, 64%)  Lilac
#aeb98f  rgb(174, 185, 143)  hsl(76, 23%, 64%)  Sage