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#8496E2

#8496e2 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8496e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.59% cyan, 33.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 228.51°, with 61.84% saturation and 70.2% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.5.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3221

Complementary

  1. #8496e2
  2. #e2d084

Split complementary

  1. #8496e2
  2. #e2a184
  3. #c5e284

Analogous

  1. #84c5e2
  2. #8496e2
  3. #a184e2

Triadic

  1. #8496e2
  2. #e28496
  3. #96e284

Tetradic

  1. #8496e2
  2. #d084e2
  3. #e2d084
  4. #96e284

Square

  1. #8496e2
  2. #e284c5
  3. #e2d084
  4. #84e2a1

Monochromatic

  1. #273fa6
  2. #4661d3
  3. #8496e2
  4. #c2cbf1
  5. #eef1fb

Shades

#8496e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8496e2
  2. #7787cb
  3. #6a78b5
  4. #5c699e
  5. #4f5a88
  6. #424b71
  7. #353c5a
  8. #282d44
  9. #1a1e2d
  10. #0d0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8496e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8496e2
  2. #90a1e5
  3. #9dabe8
  4. #a9b6eb
  5. #b5c0ee
  6. #c2cbf1
  7. #ced5f3
  8. #dae0f6
  9. #e6eaf9
  10. #f3f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8496e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8496e2
  2. #8494d8
  3. #8392ce
  4. #838fc5
  5. #828dbb
  6. #828bb1
  7. #8289a7
  8. #81879d
  9. #818494
  10. #80828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9298bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9ee5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7496e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65a5b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f9be4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b96e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #739fc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8496e2 {
  color: #8496e2;
}
Background
.bg-8496e2 {
  background-color: #8496e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8496e2 {
  border: 2px solid #8496e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8496e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 150 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 62% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8496e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8496e2, #a184e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8496e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 150 226 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.50 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.52 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.94 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.48 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.98 #7b691d Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8496e2  rgb(132, 150, 226)  hsl(229, 62%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#e2d084  rgb(226, 208, 132)  hsl(49, 62%, 70%)  Flax
#e28496  rgb(226, 132, 150)  hsl(349, 62%, 70%)  Puce
#96e284  rgb(150, 226, 132)  hsl(109, 62%, 70%)  Light Green