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#809FE8

#809fe8 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#809fe8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 62.35% green and 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.83% cyan, 31.47% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 222.12°, with 69.33% saturation and 70.59% 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 8.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.79.

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Relative luminance0.3521

Complementary

  1. #809fe8
  2. #e8c980

Split complementary

  1. #809fe8
  2. #e89580
  3. #d3e880

Analogous

  1. #80d3e8
  2. #809fe8
  3. #9580e8

Triadic

  1. #809fe8
  2. #e8809f
  3. #9fe880

Tetradic

  1. #809fe8
  2. #c980e8
  3. #e8c980
  4. #9fe880

Square

  1. #809fe8
  2. #e880d3
  3. #e8c980
  4. #80e895

Monochromatic

  1. #204baf
  2. #3f6edc
  3. #809fe8
  4. #c1d0f4
  5. #eef2fc

Shades

#809fe8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809fe8
  2. #738fd1
  3. #667fba
  4. #5a6fa2
  5. #4d5f8b
  6. #405074
  7. #33405d
  8. #263046
  9. #1a202e
  10. #0d1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#809fe8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809fe8
  2. #8da9ea
  3. #99b2ed
  4. #a6bcef
  5. #b3c5f1
  6. #c0cff4
  7. #ccd9f6
  8. #d9e2f8
  9. #e6ecfa
  10. #f2f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809fe8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809fe8
  2. #809cde
  3. #8099d3
  4. #8096c9
  5. #8093be
  6. #8090b4
  7. #808caa
  8. #80899f
  9. #808695
  10. #80838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94a0c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84a5eb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9ce6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #59aeb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83a3ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c9de7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6ba8ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809fe8 {
  color: #809fe8;
}
Background
.bg-809fe8 {
  background-color: #809fe8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809fe8 {
  border: 2px solid #809fe8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809fe8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 159 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 69% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809fe8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809fe8, #9580e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809fe8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 159 232 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.79 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.89 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.83 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.86 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.07 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.66 #7f6017 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#809fe8  rgb(128, 159, 232)  hsl(222, 69%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#e8c980  rgb(232, 201, 128)  hsl(42, 69%, 71%)  Buff
#e8809f  rgb(232, 128, 159)  hsl(342, 69%, 71%)  Pale Violet Red
#9fe880  rgb(159, 232, 128)  hsl(102, 69%, 71%)  Light Green