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#8399CA

#8399ca ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8399ca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.37% red, 60% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.15% cyan, 24.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 221.41°, with 40.11% saturation and 65.29% 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 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.21.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3187

Complementary

  1. #8399ca
  2. #cab483

Split complementary

  1. #8399ca
  2. #ca9083
  3. #bcca83

Analogous

  1. #83bcca
  2. #8399ca
  3. #9083ca

Triadic

  1. #8399ca
  2. #ca8399
  3. #99ca83

Tetradic

  1. #8399ca
  2. #b483ca
  3. #cab483
  4. #99ca83

Square

  1. #8399ca
  2. #ca83bc
  3. #cab483
  4. #83ca90

Monochromatic

  1. #364c7e
  2. #4d6db3
  3. #8399ca
  4. #b9c5e1
  5. #eef1f8

Shades

#8399ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8399ca
  2. #768ab6
  3. #697aa2
  4. #5c6b8d
  5. #4f5c79
  6. #424d65
  7. #343d51
  8. #272e3d
  9. #1a1f28
  10. #0d0f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8399ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8399ca
  2. #8fa3cf
  3. #9cadd5
  4. #a8b8da
  5. #b5c2df
  6. #c1cce5
  7. #cdd6ea
  8. #dae0ef
  9. #e6ebf4
  10. #f3f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8399ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8399ca
  2. #8397c3
  3. #8294bb
  4. #8292b4
  5. #828fac
  6. #828da5
  7. #818a9e
  8. #818896
  9. #81858f
  10. #808387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9199af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #899dcc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8296c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ea3aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #869bcb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8297c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #779fb8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8399ca {
  color: #8399ca;
}
Background
.bg-8399ca {
  background-color: #8399ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8399ca {
  border: 2px solid #8399ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8399ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 153 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 40% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8399ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8399ca, #9083ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8399ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 153 202 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.21 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.81 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.95 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.97 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.49 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.95 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.01 #7c6635 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8399ca  rgb(131, 153, 202)  hsl(221, 40%, 65%)  Cornflower Blue
#cab483  rgb(202, 180, 131)  hsl(41, 40%, 65%)  Ecru
#ca8399  rgb(202, 131, 153)  hsl(341, 40%, 65%)  Puce
#99ca83  rgb(153, 202, 131)  hsl(101, 40%, 65%)  Pistachio