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#8697CF

#8697cf ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8697cf 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 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.27% cyan, 27.05% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 226.03°, with 43.2% saturation and 66.86% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3171

Complementary

  1. #8697cf
  2. #cfbe86

Split complementary

  1. #8697cf
  2. #cf9986
  3. #bbcf86

Analogous

  1. #86bbcf
  2. #8697cf
  3. #9986cf

Triadic

  1. #8697cf
  2. #cf8697
  3. #97cf86

Tetradic

  1. #8697cf
  2. #be86cf
  3. #cfbe86
  4. #97cf86

Square

  1. #8697cf
  2. #cf86bb
  3. #cfbe86
  4. #86cf99

Monochromatic

  1. #354887
  2. #4f68b9
  3. #8697cf
  4. #bdc6e5
  5. #f0f2f9

Shades

#8697cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8697cf
  2. #7988ba
  3. #6b79a6
  4. #5e6a91
  5. #505b7c
  6. #434c68
  7. #363c53
  8. #282d3e
  9. #1b1e29
  10. #0d0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#8697cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8697cf
  2. #92a1d4
  3. #9eacd9
  4. #aab6dd
  5. #b6c1e2
  6. #c3cbe7
  7. #cfd5ec
  8. #dbe0f1
  9. #e7eaf5
  10. #f3f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8697cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8697cf
  2. #8595c7
  3. #8592bf
  4. #8490b7
  5. #848eaf
  6. #838ca8
  7. #8289a0
  8. #828798
  9. #818590
  10. #818288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9298b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #859cd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7f96ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71a2ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #859ad0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8296ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7a9eba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8697cf {
  color: #8697cf;
}
Background
.bg-8697cf {
  background-color: #8697cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8697cf {
  border: 2px solid #8697cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8697cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 151 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 43% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8697cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8697cf, #9986cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8697cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 151 207 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.00 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.13 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.47 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.87 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.91 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.88 #796830 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8697cf  rgb(134, 151, 207)  hsl(226, 43%, 67%)  Cornflower Blue
#cfbe86  rgb(207, 190, 134)  hsl(46, 43%, 67%)  Ecru
#cf8697  rgb(207, 134, 151)  hsl(346, 43%, 67%)  Puce
#97cf86  rgb(151, 207, 134)  hsl(106, 43%, 67%)  Pistachio