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#8395CB

#8395cb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8395cb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 58.43% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.47% cyan, 26.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 40.91% saturation and 65.49% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.13:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.83.

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Relative luminance0.3063

Complementary

  1. #8395cb
  2. #cbb983

Split complementary

  1. #8395cb
  2. #cb9583
  3. #b9cb83

Analogous

  1. #83b9cb
  2. #8395cb
  3. #9583cb

Triadic

  1. #8395cb
  2. #cb8395
  3. #95cb83

Tetradic

  1. #8395cb
  2. #b983cb
  3. #cbb983
  4. #95cb83

Square

  1. #8395cb
  2. #cb83b9
  3. #cbb983
  4. #83cb95

Monochromatic

  1. #354880
  2. #4d67b4
  3. #8395cb
  4. #b9c3e2
  5. #eff1f8

Shades

#8395cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8395cb
  2. #7686b7
  3. #6977a2
  4. #5c688e
  5. #4f597a
  6. #424b66
  7. #343c51
  8. #272d3d
  9. #1a1e29
  10. #0d0f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8395cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8395cb
  2. #8fa0d0
  3. #9caad5
  4. #a8b5db
  5. #b5bfe0
  6. #c1cae5
  7. #cdd5ea
  8. #dadfef
  9. #e6eaf5
  10. #f3f4fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8395cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8395cb
  2. #8393c4
  3. #8291bc
  4. #828fb5
  5. #828dad
  6. #828ba6
  7. #81889e
  8. #818697
  9. #81848f
  10. #808288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f96ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839acd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d94ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ea0a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8398cc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8094ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #779cb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8395cb {
  color: #8395cb;
}
Background
.bg-8395cb {
  background-color: #8395cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8395cb {
  border: 2px solid #8395cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8395cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 149 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 41% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8395cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8395cb, #9583cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8395cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 149 203 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.83 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.11 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.54 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.55 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.63 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.90 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.34 #7c6a34 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8395cb  rgb(131, 149, 203)  hsl(225, 41%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#cbb983  rgb(203, 185, 131)  hsl(45, 41%, 65%)  Ecru
#cb8395  rgb(203, 131, 149)  hsl(345, 41%, 65%)  Puce
#95cb83  rgb(149, 203, 131)  hsl(105, 41%, 65%)  Pistachio