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#8399DA

#8399da ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8399da 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 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.91% cyan, 29.82% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 224.83°, with 54.04% saturation and 68.43% 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 7.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.2.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3267

Complementary

  1. #8399da
  2. #dac483

Split complementary

  1. #8399da
  2. #da9883
  3. #c4da83

Analogous

  1. #83c4da
  2. #8399da
  3. #9883da

Triadic

  1. #8399da
  2. #da8399
  3. #99da83

Tetradic

  1. #8399da
  2. #c483da
  3. #dac483
  4. #99da83

Square

  1. #8399da
  2. #da83c4
  3. #dac483
  4. #83da98

Monochromatic

  1. #2d4897
  2. #4869c8
  3. #8399da
  4. #bec9ec
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#8399da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8399da
  2. #768ac4
  3. #697aae
  4. #5c6b99
  5. #4f5c83
  6. #424d6d
  7. #343d57
  8. #272e41
  9. #1a1f2c
  10. #0d0f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8399da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8399da
  2. #8fa3de
  3. #9cade1
  4. #a8b8e5
  5. #b5c2e9
  6. #c1cced
  7. #cdd6f0
  8. #dae0f4
  9. #e6ebf8
  10. #f3f5fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8399da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8399da
  2. #8397d1
  3. #8294c8
  4. #8292bf
  5. #828fb6
  6. #828dad
  7. #818aa4
  8. #81889b
  9. #818592
  10. #808389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #929ab8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839fdd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7b97d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #67a6b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #839ddc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e98d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #73a1c2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8399da {
  color: #8399da;
}
Background
.bg-8399da {
  background-color: #8399da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8399da {
  border: 2px solid #8399da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8399da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 131 153 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 54% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8399da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8399da, #9883da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8399da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(131 153 218 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.20 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.61 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.97 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.45 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.50 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.38 #7c6625 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8399da  rgb(131, 153, 218)  hsl(225, 54%, 68%)  Cornflower Blue
#dac483  rgb(218, 196, 131)  hsl(45, 54%, 68%)  Ecru
#da8399  rgb(218, 131, 153)  hsl(345, 54%, 68%)  Puce
#99da83  rgb(153, 218, 131)  hsl(105, 54%, 68%)  Pastel Green