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#8697DF

#8697df ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8697df 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.91% cyan, 32.29% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 228.54°, with 58.17% saturation and 70% 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 7.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.97.

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Relative luminance0.3253

Complementary

  1. #8697df
  2. #dfce86

Split complementary

  1. #8697df
  2. #dfa286
  3. #c3df86

Analogous

  1. #86c3df
  2. #8697df
  3. #a286df

Triadic

  1. #8697df
  2. #df8697
  3. #97df86

Tetradic

  1. #8697df
  2. #ce86df
  3. #dfce86
  4. #97df86

Square

  1. #8697df
  2. #df86c3
  3. #dfce86
  4. #86dfa2

Monochromatic

  1. #2b41a1
  2. #4963cf
  3. #8697df
  4. #c2cbef
  5. #eff1fb

Shades

#8697df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8697df
  2. #7988c9
  3. #6b79b2
  4. #5e6a9c
  5. #505b86
  6. #434c70
  7. #363c59
  8. #282d43
  9. #1b1e2d
  10. #0d0f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8697df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8697df
  2. #92a1e2
  3. #9eace5
  4. #aab6e9
  5. #b6c1ec
  6. #c3cbef
  7. #cfd5f2
  8. #dbe0f5
  9. #e7eaf9
  10. #f3f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8697df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8697df
  2. #8595d6
  3. #8592cc
  4. #8490c3
  5. #848eb9
  6. #838cb0
  7. #8289a6
  8. #82879d
  9. #818593
  10. #81828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9399ba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f9ee2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7797dd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6aa5b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #829be1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d97de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76a0c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8697df {
  color: #8697df;
}
Background
.bg-8697df {
  background-color: #8697df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8697df {
  border: 2px solid #8697df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8697df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 151 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 58% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8697df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8697df, #a286df);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8697df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 151 223 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.97 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.20 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.35 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.66 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.81 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.94 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 12.27 #796820 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8697df  rgb(134, 151, 223)  hsl(229, 58%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#dfce86  rgb(223, 206, 134)  hsl(49, 58%, 70%)  Flax
#df8697  rgb(223, 134, 151)  hsl(349, 58%, 70%)  Puce
#97df86  rgb(151, 223, 134)  hsl(109, 58%, 70%)  Light Green