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#86A4E4

#86a4e4 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#86a4e4 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.55% red, 64.31% green and 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.23% cyan, 28.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 220.85°, with 63.51% saturation and 70.98% 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 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.14.

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Relative luminance0.3722

Complementary

  1. #86a4e4
  2. #e4c686

Split complementary

  1. #86a4e4
  2. #e49786
  3. #d3e486

Analogous

  1. #86d3e4
  2. #86a4e4
  3. #9786e4

Triadic

  1. #86a4e4
  2. #e486a4
  3. #a4e486

Tetradic

  1. #86a4e4
  2. #c686e4
  3. #e4c686
  4. #a4e486

Square

  1. #86a4e4
  2. #e486d3
  3. #e4c686
  4. #86e497

Monochromatic

  1. #2650ab
  2. #4775d6
  3. #86a4e4
  4. #c5d3f2
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#86a4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #86a4e4
  2. #7994cd
  3. #6b83b6
  4. #5e73a0
  5. #506289
  6. #435272
  7. #36425b
  8. #283144
  9. #1b212e
  10. #0d1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#86a4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #86a4e4
  2. #92ade7
  3. #9eb6e9
  4. #aabfec
  5. #b6c8ef
  6. #c3d2f2
  7. #cfdbf4
  8. #dbe4f7
  9. #e7edfa
  10. #f3f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#86a4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #86a4e4
  2. #85a0da
  3. #859dd0
  4. #8499c6
  5. #8496bc
  6. #8392b2
  7. #828ea8
  8. #828b9e
  9. #818794
  10. #81848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99a4c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da9e7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a0e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #66b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba7e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85a2e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #74accc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-86a4e4 {
  color: #86a4e4;
}
Background
.bg-86a4e4 {
  background-color: #86a4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-86a4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #86a4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #86a4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 164 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 64% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-86a4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #86a4e4, #9786e4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-86a4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 164 228 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.14 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.76 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.40 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.01 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.11 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.15 #795b1b Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#86a4e4  rgb(134, 164, 228)  hsl(221, 64%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#e4c686  rgb(228, 198, 134)  hsl(41, 64%, 71%)  Burly Wood
#e486a4  rgb(228, 134, 164)  hsl(341, 64%, 71%)  Flamingo Pink
#a4e486  rgb(164, 228, 134)  hsl(101, 64%, 71%)  Light Green