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#669CAE

#669cae ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#669cae is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 61.18% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.38% cyan, 10.34% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 195°, with 30.77% saturation and 54.12% 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 6.93:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.01.

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Relative luminance0.2966

Complementary

  1. #669cae
  2. #ae7866

Split complementary

  1. #669cae
  2. #ae6678
  3. #ae9c66

Analogous

  1. #66ae9c
  2. #669cae
  3. #6678ae

Triadic

  1. #669cae
  2. #ae669c
  3. #9cae66

Tetradic

  1. #669cae
  2. #7866ae
  3. #ae7866
  4. #9cae66

Square

  1. #669cae
  2. #9c66ae
  3. #ae7866
  4. #78ae66

Monochromatic

  1. #2b4750
  2. #457382
  3. #669cae
  4. #98bcc8
  5. #cadde3

Shades

#669cae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #669cae
  2. #5c8c9d
  3. #527d8b
  4. #476d7a
  5. #3d5e68
  6. #334e57
  7. #293e46
  8. #1f2f34
  9. #141f23
  10. #0a1011
  11. #000000

Tints

#669cae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #669cae
  2. #75a6b6
  3. #85b0be
  4. #94bac6
  5. #a3c4ce
  6. #b3ced7
  7. #c2d7df
  8. #d1e1e7
  9. #e0ebef
  10. #f0f5f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#669cae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #669cae
  2. #6999a9
  3. #6b96a5
  4. #6e94a0
  5. #70919c
  6. #738e97
  7. #768b92
  8. #78888e
  9. #7b8689
  10. #7d8385
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #84979f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9199af ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8690ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #48a2a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #829aaf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a95ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #56a0a7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-669cae {
  color: #669cae;
}
Background
.bg-669cae {
  background-color: #669cae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-669cae {
  border: 2px solid #669cae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #669cae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 156 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 195 31% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-669cae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #669cae, #6678ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-669cae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 156 174 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.01 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.54 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 8.14 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.78 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.02 #996351 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#669cae  rgb(102, 156, 174)  hsl(195, 31%, 54%)  Moonstone Blue
#ae7866  rgb(174, 120, 102)  hsl(15, 31%, 54%)  Cafe au Lait
#ae669c  rgb(174, 102, 156)  hsl(315, 31%, 54%)  Sky Magenta
#9cae66  rgb(156, 174, 102)  hsl(75, 31%, 54%)  Olivine