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#8697CB

#8697cb ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8697cb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 59.22% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.99% cyan, 25.62% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 225.22°, with 39.88% 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 7.3:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 7.74.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3151

Complementary

  1. #8697cb
  2. #cbba86

Split complementary

  1. #8697cb
  2. #cb9886
  3. #b9cb86

Analogous

  1. #86b9cb
  2. #8697cb
  3. #9886cb

Triadic

  1. #8697cb
  2. #cb8697
  3. #97cb86

Tetradic

  1. #8697cb
  2. #ba86cb
  3. #cbba86
  4. #97cb86

Square

  1. #8697cb
  2. #cb86b9
  3. #cbba86
  4. #86cb98

Monochromatic

  1. #374981
  2. #5169b4
  3. #8697cb
  4. #bcc5e2
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#8697cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8697cb
  2. #7988b7
  3. #6b79a2
  4. #5e6a8e
  5. #505b7a
  6. #434c66
  7. #363c51
  8. #282d3d
  9. #1b1e29
  10. #0d0f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8697cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8697cb
  2. #92a1d0
  3. #9eacd5
  4. #aab6db
  5. #b6c1e0
  6. #c3cbe5
  7. #cfd5ea
  8. #dbe0ef
  9. #e7eaf5
  10. #f3f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8697cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8697cb
  2. #8595c4
  3. #8592bc
  4. #8490b5
  5. #848ead
  6. #838ca6
  7. #82899e
  8. #828797
  9. #81858f
  10. #818288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.3:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9198af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #869bcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8196ca ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72a1a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #869acc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8396ca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b9db8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8697cb {
  color: #8697cb;
}
Background
.bg-8697cb {
  background-color: #8697cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8697cb {
  border: 2px solid #8697cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8697cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 151 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 40% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8697cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8697cb, #9886cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8697cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 151 203 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.74 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.84 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.33 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.10 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.25 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.96 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.59 #796834 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8697cb  rgb(134, 151, 203)  hsl(225, 40%, 66%)  Cool Gray
#cbba86  rgb(203, 186, 134)  hsl(45, 40%, 66%)  Ecru
#cb8697  rgb(203, 134, 151)  hsl(345, 40%, 66%)  Puce
#97cb86  rgb(151, 203, 134)  hsl(105, 40%, 66%)  Pistachio