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#8698CA

#8698ca ≈ Cool Gray

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8698ca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 59.61% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.66% cyan, 24.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 224.12°, with 39.08% saturation and 65.88% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cool Gray (#8c92ac), ΔE 7.53.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3179

Complementary

  1. #8698ca
  2. #cab886

Split complementary

  1. #8698ca
  2. #ca9686
  3. #baca86

Analogous

  1. #86baca
  2. #8698ca
  3. #9686ca

Triadic

  1. #8698ca
  2. #ca8698
  3. #98ca86

Tetradic

  1. #8698ca
  2. #b886ca
  3. #cab886
  4. #98ca86

Square

  1. #8698ca
  2. #ca86ba
  3. #cab886
  4. #86ca96

Monochromatic

  1. #384b7f
  2. #516bb3
  3. #8698ca
  4. #bbc5e1
  5. #f0f3f9

Shades

#8698ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8698ca
  2. #7989b6
  3. #6b7aa2
  4. #5e6a8d
  5. #505b79
  6. #434c65
  7. #363d51
  8. #282e3d
  9. #1b1e28
  10. #0d0f14
  11. #000000

Tints

#8698ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8698ca
  2. #92a2cf
  3. #9eadd5
  4. #aab7da
  5. #b6c1df
  6. #c3cce5
  7. #cfd6ea
  8. #dbe0ef
  9. #e7eaf4
  10. #f3f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8698ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8698ca
  2. #8596c3
  3. #8593bb
  4. #8491b4
  5. #848eac
  6. #838ca5
  7. #828a9e
  8. #828796
  9. #81858f
  10. #818287
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9299af ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #889ccc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8296c9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72a2a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #879acb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8497c9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b9eb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8698ca {
  color: #8698ca;
}
Background
.bg-8698ca {
  background-color: #8698ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8698ca {
  border: 2px solid #8698ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8698ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 152 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 39% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8698ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8698ca, #9686ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8698ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 152 202 / 0.35);
}

#8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.53 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.56 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.24 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.00 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.63 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.45 #796735 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cool Gray
#8698ca  rgb(134, 152, 202)  hsl(224, 39%, 66%)  Cool Gray
#cab886  rgb(202, 184, 134)  hsl(44, 39%, 66%)  Ecru
#ca8698  rgb(202, 134, 152)  hsl(344, 39%, 66%)  Puce
#98ca86  rgb(152, 202, 134)  hsl(104, 39%, 66%)  Pistachio