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#8690E2

#8690e2 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8690e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.71% cyan, 36.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 233.48°, with 61.33% saturation and 70.59% 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 7.1:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.03.

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Relative luminance0.3051

Complementary

  1. #8690e2
  2. #e2d886

Split complementary

  1. #8690e2
  2. #e2aa86
  3. #bee286

Analogous

  1. #86bee2
  2. #8690e2
  3. #aa86e2

Triadic

  1. #8690e2
  2. #e28690
  3. #90e286

Tetradic

  1. #8690e2
  2. #d886e2
  3. #e2d886
  4. #90e286

Square

  1. #8690e2
  2. #e286be
  3. #e2d886
  4. #86e2aa

Monochromatic

  1. #2836a7
  2. #4857d3
  3. #8690e2
  4. #c4c9f1
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#8690e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8690e2
  2. #7982cb
  3. #6b73b5
  4. #5e659e
  5. #505688
  6. #434871
  7. #363a5a
  8. #282b44
  9. #1b1d2d
  10. #0d0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8690e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8690e2
  2. #929be5
  3. #9ea6e8
  4. #aab1eb
  5. #b6bcee
  6. #c3c8f1
  7. #cfd3f3
  8. #dbdef6
  9. #e7e9f9
  10. #f3f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8690e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8690e2
  2. #858ed8
  3. #858dce
  4. #848bc5
  5. #848abb
  6. #8388b1
  7. #8286a7
  8. #82859d
  9. #818394
  10. #81828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.1:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9094b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749ae5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6d93e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69a0ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b96e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7892e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #769ac5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8690e2 {
  color: #8690e2;
}
Background
.bg-8690e2 {
  background-color: #8690e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8690e2 {
  border: 2px solid #8690e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8690e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 144 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 61% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8690e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8690e2, #aa86e2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8690e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 144 226 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.14 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.47 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.28 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.40 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.55 #796f1d Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8690e2  rgb(134, 144, 226)  hsl(233, 61%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#e2d886  rgb(226, 216, 134)  hsl(53, 61%, 71%)  Flax
#e28690  rgb(226, 134, 144)  hsl(353, 61%, 71%)  Light Coral
#90e286  rgb(144, 226, 134)  hsl(113, 61%, 71%)  Light Green