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#8496CD

#8496cd ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8496cd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 58.82% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.61% cyan, 26.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 225.21°, with 42.2% saturation and 66.08% 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.77.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3113

Complementary

  1. #8496cd
  2. #cdbb84

Split complementary

  1. #8496cd
  2. #cd9784
  3. #bacd84

Analogous

  1. #84bacd
  2. #8496cd
  3. #9784cd

Triadic

  1. #8496cd
  2. #cd8496
  3. #96cd84

Tetradic

  1. #8496cd
  2. #bb84cd
  3. #cdbb84
  4. #96cd84

Square

  1. #8496cd
  2. #cd84ba
  3. #cdbb84
  4. #84cd97

Monochromatic

  1. #354883
  2. #4e68b7
  3. #8496cd
  4. #bac4e3
  5. #f0f3f9

Shades

#8496cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8496cd
  2. #7787b9
  3. #6a78a4
  4. #5c6990
  5. #4f5a7b
  6. #424b67
  7. #353c52
  8. #282d3e
  9. #1a1e29
  10. #0d0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#8496cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8496cd
  2. #90a1d2
  3. #9dabd7
  4. #a9b6dc
  5. #b5c0e1
  6. #c2cbe6
  7. #ced5eb
  8. #dae0f0
  9. #e6eaf5
  10. #f3f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8496cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8496cd
  2. #8494c5
  3. #8392be
  4. #838fb6
  5. #828dae
  6. #828ba7
  7. #82899f
  8. #818797
  9. #81848f
  10. #808288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9097af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #849bcf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7e95cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ea1a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8499ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8095cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #789db9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8496cd {
  color: #8496cd;
}
Background
.bg-8496cd {
  background-color: #8496cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8496cd {
  border: 2px solid #8496cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8496cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 150 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 42% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8496cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8496cd, #9784cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8496cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 150 205 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.77 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.33 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.56 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.78 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.56 #7b6932 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8496cd  rgb(132, 150, 205)  hsl(225, 42%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#cdbb84  rgb(205, 187, 132)  hsl(45, 42%, 66%)  Ecru
#cd8496  rgb(205, 132, 150)  hsl(345, 42%, 66%)  Puce
#96cd84  rgb(150, 205, 132)  hsl(105, 42%, 66%)  Pistachio