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#8397BF

#8397bf ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8397bf is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 59.22% green and 74.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 31.41% cyan, 20.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 220°, with 31.91% saturation and 63.14% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 6.01.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3072

Complementary

  1. #8397bf
  2. #bfab83

Split complementary

  1. #8397bf
  2. #bf8d83
  3. #b5bf83

Analogous

  1. #83b5bf
  2. #8397bf
  3. #8d83bf

Triadic

  1. #8397bf
  2. #bf8397
  3. #97bf83

Tetradic

  1. #8397bf
  2. #ab83bf
  3. #bfab83
  4. #97bf83

Square

  1. #8397bf
  2. #bf83b5
  3. #bfab83
  4. #83bf8d

Monochromatic

  1. #3a4c6f
  2. #546ea2
  3. #8397bf
  4. #b5c1d9
  5. #e8ecf3

Shades

#8397bf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8397bf
  2. #7688ac
  3. #697999
  4. #5c6a86
  5. #4f5b73
  6. #424c60
  7. #343c4c
  8. #272d39
  9. #1a1e26
  10. #0d0f13
  11. #000000

Tints

#8397bf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8397bf
  2. #8fa1c5
  3. #9caccc
  4. #a8b6d2
  5. #b5c1d9
  6. #c1cbdf
  7. #cdd5e5
  8. #dae0ec
  9. #e6eaf2
  10. #f3f5f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8397bf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8397bf
  2. #8395b9
  3. #8292b2
  4. #8290ac
  5. #828ea6
  6. #828ca0
  7. #818999
  8. #818793
  9. #81858d
  10. #808286
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f97a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a9ac1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8494be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #729fa4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8799c0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8495be ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #799cb0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8397bf {
  color: #8397bf;
}
Background
.bg-8397bf {
  background-color: #8397bf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8397bf {
  border: 2px solid #8397bf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8397bf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 151 191;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 32% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8397bf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8397bf, #8d83bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8397bf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 151 191 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.01 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.72 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.45 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.65 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.02 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 9.48 #7c6840 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8397bf  rgb(131, 151, 191)  hsl(220, 32%, 63%)  Cool Gray
#bfab83  rgb(191, 171, 131)  hsl(40, 32%, 63%)  Ecru
#bf8397  rgb(191, 131, 151)  hsl(340, 32%, 63%)  Puce
#97bf83  rgb(151, 191, 131)  hsl(100, 32%, 63%)  Olivine