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#8690DA

#8690da ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8690da is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 56.47% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.53% cyan, 33.94% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 232.86°, with 53.16% saturation and 69.02% 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 7.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.46.

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Relative luminance0.3008

Complementary

  1. #8690da
  2. #dad086

Split complementary

  1. #8690da
  2. #daa686
  3. #bada86

Analogous

  1. #86bada
  2. #8690da
  3. #a686da

Triadic

  1. #8690da
  2. #da8690
  3. #90da86

Tetradic

  1. #8690da
  2. #d086da
  3. #dad086
  4. #90da86

Square

  1. #8690da
  2. #da86ba
  3. #dad086
  4. #86daa6

Monochromatic

  1. #2f3b98
  2. #4b5ac8
  3. #8690da
  4. #c1c6ec
  5. #eff1fa

Shades

#8690da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8690da
  2. #7982c4
  3. #6b73ae
  4. #5e6599
  5. #505683
  6. #43486d
  7. #363a57
  8. #282b41
  9. #1b1d2c
  10. #0d0e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8690da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8690da
  2. #929bde
  3. #9ea6e1
  4. #aab1e5
  5. #b6bce9
  6. #c3c8ed
  7. #cfd3f0
  8. #dbdef4
  9. #e7e9f8
  10. #f3f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8690da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8690da
  2. #858ed1
  3. #858dc8
  4. #848bbf
  5. #848ab6
  6. #8388ad
  7. #8286a4
  8. #82859b
  9. #818392
  10. #818289
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8f93b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7898dd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7292d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6d9fab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e95dc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a91d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7899c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8690da {
  color: #8690da;
}
Background
.bg-8690da {
  background-color: #8690da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8690da {
  border: 2px solid #8690da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8690da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 144 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 53% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8690da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8690da, #a686da);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8690da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 144 218 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.46 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.15 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.45 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.53 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.48 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.51 #796f25 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8690da  rgb(134, 144, 218)  hsl(233, 53%, 69%)  Cornflower Blue
#dad086  rgb(218, 208, 134)  hsl(53, 53%, 69%)  Flax
#da8690  rgb(218, 134, 144)  hsl(353, 53%, 69%)  Puce
#90da86  rgb(144, 218, 134)  hsl(113, 53%, 69%)  Pastel Green