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#8196FA

#8196fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8196fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 58.82% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.4% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 229.59°, with 92.37% saturation and 74.31% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.75.

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Relative luminance0.3338

Complementary

  1. #8196fa
  2. #fae581

Split complementary

  1. #8196fa
  2. #faa881
  3. #d2fa81

Analogous

  1. #81d2fa
  2. #8196fa
  3. #a881fa

Triadic

  1. #8196fa
  2. #fa8196
  3. #96fa81

Tetradic

  1. #8196fa
  2. #e581fa
  3. #fae581
  4. #96fa81

Square

  1. #8196fa
  2. #fa81d2
  3. #fae581
  4. #81faa8

Monochromatic

  1. #092dd9
  2. #3759f7
  3. #8196fa
  4. #cbd3fd
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8196fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8196fa
  2. #7487e1
  3. #6778c8
  4. #5a69af
  5. #4d5a96
  6. #414b7d
  7. #343c64
  8. #272d4b
  9. #1a1e32
  10. #0d0f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8196fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8196fa
  2. #8ea1fb
  3. #9aabfb
  4. #a7b6fc
  5. #b3c0fc
  6. #c0cbfd
  7. #cdd5fd
  8. #d9e0fe
  9. #e6eafe
  10. #f2f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8196fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8196fa
  2. #8194ee
  3. #8192e2
  4. #818fd5
  5. #818dc9
  6. #818bbd
  7. #8089b1
  8. #8087a5
  9. #808498
  10. #80828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #929ac9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6fa2fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6398f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #51abbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #779dfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7097f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #67a3d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8196fa {
  color: #8196fa;
}
Background
.bg-8196fa {
  background-color: #8196fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8196fa {
  border: 2px solid #8196fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8196fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 150 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 92% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8196fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8196fa, #a881fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8196fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 150 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.75 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.24 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.82 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.23 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.77 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.89 #7e6905 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8196fa  rgb(129, 150, 250)  hsl(230, 92%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#fae581  rgb(250, 229, 129)  hsl(50, 92%, 74%)  Jasmine
#fa8196  rgb(250, 129, 150)  hsl(350, 92%, 74%)  Salmon Pink
#96fa81  rgb(150, 250, 129)  hsl(110, 92%, 74%)  Mint Green