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#808ECA

#808eca ≈ Glaucous

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#808eca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 55.69% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.63% cyan, 29.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 228.65°, with 41.11% saturation and 64.71% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.64:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Glaucous (#6082b6), ΔE 7.55.

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Relative luminance0.282

Complementary

  1. #808eca
  2. #cabc80

Split complementary

  1. #808eca
  2. #ca9780
  3. #b3ca80

Analogous

  1. #80b3ca
  2. #808eca
  3. #9780ca

Triadic

  1. #808eca
  2. #ca808e
  3. #8eca80

Tetradic

  1. #808eca
  2. #bc80ca
  3. #cabc80
  4. #8eca80

Square

  1. #808eca
  2. #ca80b3
  3. #cabc80
  4. #80ca97

Monochromatic

  1. #34427d
  2. #4b5eb3
  3. #808eca
  4. #b6bee1
  5. #eceef7

Shades

#808eca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #808eca
  2. #7380b6
  3. #6672a2
  4. #5a638d
  5. #4d5579
  6. #404765
  7. #333951
  8. #262b3d
  9. #1a1c28
  10. #0d0e14
  11. #000000

Tints

#808eca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #808eca
  2. #8d99cf
  3. #99a5d5
  4. #a6b0da
  5. #b3bbdf
  6. #c0c7e5
  7. #ccd2ea
  8. #d9ddef
  9. #e6e8f4
  10. #f2f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#808eca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #808eca
  2. #808dc3
  3. #808bbb
  4. #808ab4
  5. #8088ac
  6. #8087a5
  7. #80869e
  8. #808496
  9. #80838f
  10. #808187
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #919191 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8a90ab ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b94cd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #758ec9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6a9aa3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7d92cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #798ec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7495b4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-808eca {
  color: #808eca;
}
Background
.bg-808eca {
  background-color: #808eca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-808eca {
  border: 2px solid #808eca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #808eca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 142 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 41% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-808eca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #808eca, #9780ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-808eca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 142 202 / 0.35);
}

#6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 7.55 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.60 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.14 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.51 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.01 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.01 #7f7135 Inverted #919191 Grayscale 

Glaucous
#808eca  rgb(128, 142, 202)  hsl(229, 41%, 65%)  Glaucous
#cabc80  rgb(202, 188, 128)  hsl(49, 41%, 65%)  Ecru
#ca808e  rgb(202, 128, 142)  hsl(349, 41%, 65%)  Puce
#8eca80  rgb(142, 202, 128)  hsl(109, 41%, 65%)  Pistachio