Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Moonstone

Moonstone is a light cyan color with HEX #D9E6E8. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 217, 230, 232, HSL 188, 25%, 88%, cool temperature, and is useful for jewel tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents.

#D9E6E8 cyan cool light
HEX #D9E6E8
RGB rgb(217, 230, 232)
HSL hsl(188 25% 88%)
CMYK cmyk(6, 1, 0, 9)
Luminance 0.7717
Contrast Black 16.43:1White 1.28:1

CSS Utilities

--color-moonstone: #D9E6E8;
.bg-moonstone { background-color: #D9E6E8; }
.text-moonstone { color: #D9E6E8; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.7717
Black text16.43:1AA Pass
White text1.28:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    230,
    232
  ],
  "hsl": [
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    25,
    88
  ],
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    0,
    9
  ],
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#E8DBD9",
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    "#D9E8E2",
    "#D9DEE8"
  ],
  "triadic": [
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    "#E6E8D9"
  ],
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    "#E2D9E8",
    "#E8DBD9",
    "#DEE8D9"
  ],
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    "#E8E2D9"
  ],
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    "#FFFFFF",
    "#D9E6E8",
    "#9FC1C6"
  ]
}
Variants
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  "light": "#FFFFFF",
  "dark": "#9FC1C6",
  "saturated": "#D2EBEF",
  "desaturated": "#DFE1E1",
  "pastel": "#FFFFFF",
  "neon": "#EBFCFF"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#E8DBD9",
    "#D9E8E2",
    "#D9DEE8"
  ],
  "avoid": [
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    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
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    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#DFE1E1"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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    "gainsboro",
    "soft-mint",
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  ],
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    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "name": "Moonstone",
  "hex": "#D9E6E8",
  "uses": [
    "jewel-tone palettes",
    "luxury branding",
    "premium interface accents"
  ],
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      "depth",
      "richness",
      "prestige"
    ],
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      "luxury",
      "fashion",
      "beauty",
      "editorial design"
    ],
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      "minimal compliance dashboards"
    ]
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  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/assets/colors.json",
  "origin": {
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    "notes": "Curated common color reference used in design, material, cultural, and editorial color systems."
  },
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  "temperature": "cool",
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  ],
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    232
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    "pastel": "#FFFFFF",
    "neon": "#EBFCFF"
  },
  "wcag": {
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      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
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      "#000000",
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      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
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      "#000000",
      "#E8DBD9",
      "#D9E8E2",
      "#D9DEE8"
    ],
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      "#DFE1E1",
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
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      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
    ],
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Moonstone Color

Moonstone sits in the cyan family with cool temperature and light visual character. Moonstone is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include depth, richness, and prestige, which makes it relevant for luxury and fashion. In design work, Moonstone is most useful for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Cyan color familyBrowse named cyan colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Light colorsFind colors with light visual character.Moonstone accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #D9E6E8.Moonstone CSS utilitiesUse Moonstone in CSS variables and utility classes.#D9E6E8 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Moonstone paletteOpen the generated palette based on Moonstone.Moonstone harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Moonstone against black and white text.

Black text16.43:1AA Pass
White text1.28:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Fog#D7DDE0
Platinum#E5E4E2
Gainsboro#DCDCDC
Soft Mint#D5F5E3
Milk Blue#D6EAF8

Color Harmonies

#E8DBD9#E8DBD9
#D9E8E2#D9E8E2
#D9DEE8#D9DEE8
#E8D9E6#E8D9E6
#E6E8D9#E6E8D9
Open full Moonstone harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

White#FFFFFF
#9FC1C6#9FC1C6
#D2EBEF#D2EBEF
#DFE1E1#DFE1E1
White#FFFFFF
#EBFCFF#EBFCFF

Pairings

Black#000000
#E8DBD9#E8DBD9
#D9E8E2#D9E8E2
#D9DEE8#D9DEE8
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5