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#86A4E5

#86a4e5 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#86a4e5 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 89.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.48% cyan, 28.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 221.05°, with 64.63% saturation and 71.18% 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 8.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.13.

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Relative luminance0.3728

Complementary

  1. #86a4e5
  2. #e5c786

Split complementary

  1. #86a4e5
  2. #e59886
  3. #d4e586

Analogous

  1. #86d4e5
  2. #86a4e5
  3. #9886e5

Triadic

  1. #86a4e5
  2. #e586a4
  3. #a4e586

Tetradic

  1. #86a4e5
  2. #c786e5
  3. #e5c786
  4. #a4e586

Square

  1. #86a4e5
  2. #e586d4
  3. #e5c786
  4. #86e598

Monochromatic

  1. #2550ad
  2. #4775d7
  3. #86a4e5
  4. #c5d3f3
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#86a4e5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #86a4e5
  2. #7994ce
  3. #6b83b7
  4. #5e73a0
  5. #506289
  6. #435273
  7. #36425c
  8. #283145
  9. #1b212e
  10. #0d1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#86a4e5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #86a4e5
  2. #92ade8
  3. #9eb6ea
  4. #aabfed
  5. #b6c8ef
  6. #c3d2f2
  7. #cfdbf5
  8. #dbe4f7
  9. #e7edfa
  10. #f3f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#86a4e5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #86a4e5
  2. #85a0db
  3. #859dd1
  4. #8499c7
  5. #8496bd
  6. #8392b3
  7. #828ea8
  8. #828b9e
  9. #818794
  10. #81848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99a4c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8da9e8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a0e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65b2bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa7e7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84a2e4 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #74accd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-86a4e5 {
  color: #86a4e5;
}
Background
.bg-86a4e5 {
  background-color: #86a4e5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-86a4e5 {
  border: 2px solid #86a4e5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #86a4e5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 134 164 229;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 65% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-86a4e5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #86a4e5, #9886e5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-86a4e5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(134 164 229 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.13 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.81 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.59 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.48 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.06 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.10 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.17 #795b1a Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#86a4e5  rgb(134, 164, 229)  hsl(221, 65%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#e5c786  rgb(229, 199, 134)  hsl(41, 65%, 71%)  Burly Wood
#e586a4  rgb(229, 134, 164)  hsl(341, 65%, 71%)  Flamingo Pink
#a4e586  rgb(164, 229, 134)  hsl(101, 65%, 71%)  Light Green