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#8FB3BF

#8fb3bf ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8fb3bf is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 70.2% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.13% cyan, 6.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 195°, with 27.27% saturation and 65.49% 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 9.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.95.

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Relative luminance0.4184

Complementary

  1. #8fb3bf
  2. #bf9b8f

Split complementary

  1. #8fb3bf
  2. #bf8f9b
  3. #bfb38f

Analogous

  1. #8fbfb3
  2. #8fb3bf
  3. #8f9bbf

Triadic

  1. #8fb3bf
  2. #bf8fb3
  3. #b3bf8f

Tetradic

  1. #8fb3bf
  2. #9b8fbf
  3. #bf9b8f
  4. #b3bf8f

Square

  1. #8fb3bf
  2. #b38fbf
  3. #bf9b8f
  4. #9bbf8f

Monochromatic

  1. #426773
  2. #5e92a3
  3. #8fb3bf
  4. #c0d4db
  5. #f0f5f7

Shades

#8fb3bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fb3bf
  2. #81a1ac
  3. #728f99
  4. #647d86
  5. #566b73
  6. #485a60
  7. #39484c
  8. #2b3639
  9. #1d2426
  10. #0e1213
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fb3bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fb3bf
  2. #9abbc5
  3. #a5c2cc
  4. #b1cad2
  5. #bcd1d9
  6. #c7d9df
  7. #d2e1e5
  8. #dde8ec
  9. #e9f0f2
  10. #f4f7f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fb3bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fb3bf
  2. #8eaeb9
  3. #8ca9b2
  4. #8ba4ac
  5. #899fa6
  6. #889aa0
  7. #869499
  8. #858f93
  9. #838a8d
  10. #828586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2afb5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #abb1c0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4abbf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #80b7b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1b2bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9caebf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86b6ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fb3bf {
  color: #8fb3bf;
}
Background
.bg-8fb3bf {
  background-color: #8fb3bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fb3bf {
  border: 2px solid #8fb3bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fb3bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 179 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 27% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fb3bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fb3bf, #8f9bbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fb3bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 179 191 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.95 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 6.52 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.13 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.40 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.59 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.80 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.55 #704c40 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8fb3bf  rgb(143, 179, 191)  hsl(195, 27%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue
#bf9b8f  rgb(191, 155, 143)  hsl(15, 27%, 65%)  Rosy Brown
#bf8fb3  rgb(191, 143, 179)  hsl(315, 27%, 65%)  Lilac
#b3bf8f  rgb(179, 191, 143)  hsl(75, 27%, 65%)  Sage