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#8992EB

#8992eb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8992eb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.73% red, 57.25% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.7% cyan, 37.87% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 234.49°, with 71.01% saturation and 72.94% 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 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.05.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3187

Complementary

  1. #8992eb
  2. #ebe289

Split complementary

  1. #8992eb
  2. #ebb189
  3. #c3eb89

Analogous

  1. #89c3eb
  2. #8992eb
  3. #b189eb

Triadic

  1. #8992eb
  2. #eb8992
  3. #92eb89

Tetradic

  1. #8992eb
  2. #e289eb
  3. #ebe289
  4. #92eb89

Square

  1. #8992eb
  2. #eb89c3
  3. #ebe289
  4. #89ebb1

Monochromatic

  1. #202ebb
  2. #4856e0
  3. #8992eb
  4. #cacef6
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#8992eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8992eb
  2. #7b83d4
  3. #6e75bc
  4. #6066a5
  5. #52588d
  6. #454976
  7. #373a5e
  8. #292c47
  9. #1b1d2f
  10. #0e0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8992eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8992eb
  2. #959ded
  3. #a1a8ef
  4. #acb3f1
  5. #b8bef3
  6. #c4c9f5
  7. #d0d3f7
  8. #dcdef9
  9. #e7e9fb
  10. #f3f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8992eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8992eb
  2. #8890e0
  3. #878ed6
  4. #868dcb
  5. #858bc0
  6. #8589b6
  7. #8487ab
  8. #8385a0
  9. #828495
  10. #81828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9396bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #739def ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c95e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6aa4b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c99ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7994ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #789dcc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8992eb {
  color: #8992eb;
}
Background
.bg-8992eb {
  background-color: #8992eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8992eb {
  border: 2px solid #8992eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8992eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 137 146 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 71% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8992eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8992eb, #b189eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8992eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(137 146 235 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.35 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.46 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.94 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.12 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.72 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.14 #766d14 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8992eb  rgb(137, 146, 235)  hsl(234, 71%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#ebe289  rgb(235, 226, 137)  hsl(54, 71%, 73%)  Khaki
#eb8992  rgb(235, 137, 146)  hsl(354, 71%, 73%)  Light Coral
#92eb89  rgb(146, 235, 137)  hsl(114, 71%, 73%)  Light Green