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#8EAABC

#8eaabc ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8eaabc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 66.67% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.47% cyan, 9.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 203.48°, with 25.56% saturation and 64.71% 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 5.6.

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Relative luminance0.3813

Complementary

  1. #8eaabc
  2. #bca08e

Split complementary

  1. #8eaabc
  2. #bc8e93
  3. #bcb78e

Analogous

  1. #8ebcb7
  2. #8eaabc
  3. #8e93bc

Triadic

  1. #8eaabc
  2. #bc8eaa
  3. #aabc8e

Tetradic

  1. #8eaabc
  2. #a08ebc
  3. #bca08e
  4. #aabc8e

Square

  1. #8eaabc
  2. #b78ebc
  3. #bca08e
  4. #93bc8e

Monochromatic

  1. #425d6f
  2. #5e869f
  3. #8eaabc
  4. #beced8
  5. #eef2f5

Shades

#8eaabc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eaabc
  2. #8099a9
  3. #728896
  4. #637784
  5. #556671
  6. #47555e
  7. #39444b
  8. #2b3338
  9. #1c2226
  10. #0e1113
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eaabc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eaabc
  2. #99b3c3
  3. #a5bbc9
  4. #b0c4d0
  5. #bbccd7
  6. #c7d5de
  7. #d2dde4
  8. #dde6eb
  9. #e8eef2
  10. #f4f7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eaabc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eaabc
  2. #8da6b6
  3. #8ba2b0
  4. #8a9daa
  5. #8899a4
  6. #87959e
  7. #869198
  8. #848d92
  9. #83888c
  10. #818486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da8af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a9bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9ca4bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #81afb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9aa9bd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96a6bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #86adb5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eaabc {
  color: #8eaabc;
}
Background
.bg-8eaabc {
  background-color: #8eaabc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eaabc {
  border: 2px solid #8eaabc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eaabc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 170 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 203 26% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eaabc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eaabc, #8e93bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eaabc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 170 188 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 5.60 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.83 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.54 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.23 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.34 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.79 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.04 #715543 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#8eaabc  rgb(142, 170, 188)  hsl(203, 26%, 65%)  Moonstone Blue
#bca08e  rgb(188, 160, 142)  hsl(23, 26%, 65%)  Tumbleweed
#bc8eaa  rgb(188, 142, 170)  hsl(323, 26%, 65%)  Lilac
#aabc8e  rgb(170, 188, 142)  hsl(83, 26%, 65%)  Olivine