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#8698FF

#8698ff ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8698ff 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 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 47.45% cyan, 40.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 231.07°, with 100% saturation and 76.27% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.95:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.63.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3474

Complementary

  1. #8698ff
  2. #ffed86

Split complementary

  1. #8698ff
  2. #ffb086
  3. #d5ff86

Analogous

  1. #86d5ff
  2. #8698ff
  3. #b086ff

Triadic

  1. #8698ff
  2. #ff8698
  3. #98ff86

Tetradic

  1. #8698ff
  2. #ed86ff
  3. #ffed86
  4. #98ff86

Square

  1. #8698ff
  2. #ff86d5
  3. #ffed86
  4. #86ffb0

Monochromatic

  1. #0023ec
  2. #3957ff
  3. #8698ff
  4. #d2d9ff
  5. #ebeeff

Shades

#8698ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8698ff
  2. #7989e6
  3. #6b7acc
  4. #5e6ab3
  5. #505b99
  6. #434c80
  7. #363d66
  8. #282e4d
  9. #1b1e33
  10. #0d0f1a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8698ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8698ff
  2. #92a2ff
  3. #9eadff
  4. #aab7ff
  5. #b6c1ff
  6. #c3ccff
  7. #cfd6ff
  8. #dbe0ff
  9. #e7eaff
  10. #f3f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8698ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8698ff
  2. #8596f2
  3. #8593e6
  4. #8491d9
  5. #848ecc
  6. #838cc0
  7. #828ab3
  8. #8287a6
  9. #818599
  10. #81828d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #969ccd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #70a4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #659afd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #57aebf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #79a0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7499fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6da5dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8698ff {
  color: #8698ff;
}
Background
.bg-8698ff {
  background-color: #8698ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8698ff {
  border: 2px solid #8698ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8698ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 152 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 231 100% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8698ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8698ff, #b086ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8698ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 152 255 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.57 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.64 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.81 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.09 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 12.73 #796700 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8698ff  rgb(134, 152, 255)  hsl(231, 100%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#ffed86  rgb(255, 237, 134)  hsl(51, 100%, 76%)  Khaki
#ff8698  rgb(255, 134, 152)  hsl(351, 100%, 76%)  Salmon Pink
#98ff86  rgb(152, 255, 134)  hsl(111, 100%, 76%)  Mint Green