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#8296FF

#8296ff ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8296ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.98% red, 58.82% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 49.02% cyan, 41.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 230.4°, with 100% saturation and 75.49% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.11.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3378

Complementary

  1. #8296ff
  2. #ffeb82

Split complementary

  1. #8296ff
  2. #ffac82
  3. #d4ff82

Analogous

  1. #82d4ff
  2. #8296ff
  3. #ac82ff

Triadic

  1. #8296ff
  2. #ff8296
  3. #96ff82

Tetradic

  1. #8296ff
  2. #eb82ff
  3. #ffeb82
  4. #96ff82

Square

  1. #8296ff
  2. #ff82d4
  3. #ffeb82
  4. #82ffac

Monochromatic

  1. #0025e8
  2. #3556ff
  3. #8296ff
  4. #ced6ff
  5. #ebeeff

Shades

#8296ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8296ff
  2. #7587e6
  3. #6878cc
  4. #5b69b3
  5. #4e5a99
  6. #414b80
  7. #343c66
  8. #272d4d
  9. #1a1e33
  10. #0d0f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8296ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8296ff
  2. #8fa1ff
  3. #9babff
  4. #a8b6ff
  5. #b4c0ff
  6. #c1cbff
  7. #cdd5ff
  8. #dae0ff
  9. #e6eaff
  10. #f3f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8296ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8296ff
  2. #8294f2
  3. #8292e6
  4. #818fd9
  5. #818dcc
  6. #818bc0
  7. #8189b3
  8. #8187a6
  9. #808499
  10. #80828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #939acc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6ca3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6098fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4facbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #759eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f97fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #67a4db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8296ff {
  color: #8296ff;
}
Background
.bg-8296ff {
  background-color: #8296ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8296ff {
  border: 2px solid #8296ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8296ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 130 150 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 100% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8296ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8296ff, #ac82ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8296ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(130 150 255 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.11 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.45 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.28 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.50 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 12.11 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 12.16 #7d6900 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8296ff  rgb(130, 150, 255)  hsl(230, 100%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#ffeb82  rgb(255, 235, 130)  hsl(50, 100%, 75%)  Jasmine
#ff8296  rgb(255, 130, 150)  hsl(350, 100%, 75%)  Salmon Pink
#96ff82  rgb(150, 255, 130)  hsl(110, 100%, 75%)  Mint Green