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#858FEA

#858fea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#858fea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 56.08% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.16% cyan, 38.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 234.06°, with 70.63% saturation and 71.96% 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 7.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.74.

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Relative luminance0.3057

Complementary

  1. #858fea
  2. #eae085

Split complementary

  1. #858fea
  2. #eaad85
  3. #c1ea85

Analogous

  1. #85c1ea
  2. #858fea
  3. #ad85ea

Triadic

  1. #858fea
  2. #ea858f
  3. #8fea85

Tetradic

  1. #858fea
  2. #e085ea
  3. #eae085
  4. #8fea85

Square

  1. #858fea
  2. #ea85c1
  3. #eae085
  4. #85eaad

Monochromatic

  1. #1f2eb7
  2. #4453df
  3. #858fea
  4. #c6cbf5
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#858fea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #858fea
  2. #7881d3
  3. #6a72bb
  4. #5d64a4
  5. #50568c
  6. #434875
  7. #35395e
  8. #282b46
  9. #1b1d2f
  10. #0d0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#858fea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #858fea
  2. #919aec
  3. #9da5ee
  4. #aab1f0
  5. #b6bcf2
  6. #c2c7f5
  7. #ced2f7
  8. #daddf9
  9. #e7e9fb
  10. #f3f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#858fea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #858fea
  2. #858edf
  3. #848cd5
  4. #848bca
  5. #8389c0
  6. #8388b5
  7. #8286aa
  8. #8285a0
  9. #818395
  10. #81828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9093be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e9aee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6792e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64a1b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7896ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7491e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #729aca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-858fea {
  color: #858fea;
}
Background
.bg-858fea {
  background-color: #858fea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-858fea {
  border: 2px solid #858fea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #858fea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 143 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 71% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-858fea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #858fea, #ad85ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-858fea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 143 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.74 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.93 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.71 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.22 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.27 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.71 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.71 #7a7015 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#858fea  rgb(133, 143, 234)  hsl(234, 71%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#eae085  rgb(234, 224, 133)  hsl(54, 71%, 72%)  Khaki
#ea858f  rgb(234, 133, 143)  hsl(354, 71%, 72%)  Light Coral
#8fea85  rgb(143, 234, 133)  hsl(114, 71%, 72%)  Light Green