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#8199FA

#8199fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8199fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 60% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.4% cyan, 38.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 228.1°, 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 7.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.42.

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Relative luminance0.3435

Complementary

  1. #8199fa
  2. #fae281

Split complementary

  1. #8199fa
  2. #faa581
  3. #d5fa81

Analogous

  1. #81d5fa
  2. #8199fa
  3. #a581fa

Triadic

  1. #8199fa
  2. #fa8199
  3. #99fa81

Tetradic

  1. #8199fa
  2. #e281fa
  3. #fae281
  4. #99fa81

Square

  1. #8199fa
  2. #fa81d5
  3. #fae281
  4. #81faa5

Monochromatic

  1. #0932d9
  2. #375df7
  3. #8199fa
  4. #cbd5fd
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8199fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8199fa
  2. #748ae1
  3. #677ac8
  4. #5a6baf
  5. #4d5c96
  6. #414d7d
  7. #343d64
  8. #272e4b
  9. #1a1f32
  10. #0d0f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8199fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8199fa
  2. #8ea3fb
  3. #9aadfb
  4. #a7b8fc
  5. #b3c2fc
  6. #c0ccfd
  7. #cdd6fd
  8. #d9e0fe
  9. #e6ebfe
  10. #f2f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8199fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8199fa
  2. #8197ee
  3. #8194e2
  4. #8192d5
  5. #818fc9
  6. #818dbd
  7. #808ab1
  8. #8088a5
  9. #808598
  10. #80838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #939cca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #73a4fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #679af8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #50adbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79a0fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7399f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #67a6d8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8199fa {
  color: #8199fa;
}
Background
.bg-8199fa {
  background-color: #8199fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8199fa {
  border: 2px solid #8199fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8199fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 153 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 92% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8199fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8199fa, #a581fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8199fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 153 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.42 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.67 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.91 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.15 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.54 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.57 #7e6605 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8199fa  rgb(129, 153, 250)  hsl(228, 92%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#fae281  rgb(250, 226, 129)  hsl(48, 92%, 74%)  Jasmine
#fa8199  rgb(250, 129, 153)  hsl(348, 92%, 74%)  Salmon Pink
#99fa81  rgb(153, 250, 129)  hsl(108, 92%, 74%)  Mint Green