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#8A8FDB

#8a8fdb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a8fdb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 56.08% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.99% cyan, 34.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 236.3°, with 52.94% saturation and 70% 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 7.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 9.58.

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Relative luminance0.3016

Complementary

  1. #8a8fdb
  2. #dbd68a

Split complementary

  1. #8a8fdb
  2. #dbae8a
  3. #b7db8a

Analogous

  1. #8ab7db
  2. #8a8fdb
  3. #ae8adb

Triadic

  1. #8a8fdb
  2. #db8a8f
  3. #8fdb8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a8fdb
  2. #d68adb
  3. #dbd68a
  4. #8fdb8a

Square

  1. #8a8fdb
  2. #db8ab7
  3. #dbd68a
  4. #8adbae

Monochromatic

  1. #30379c
  2. #5057c9
  3. #8a8fdb
  4. #c5c7ed
  5. #eff0fa

Shades

#8a8fdb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a8fdb
  2. #7c81c5
  3. #6e72af
  4. #616499
  5. #535683
  6. #45486e
  7. #373958
  8. #292b42
  9. #1c1d2c
  10. #0e0e16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a8fdb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a8fdb
  2. #969adf
  3. #a1a5e2
  4. #adb1e6
  5. #b9bce9
  6. #c5c7ed
  7. #d0d2f1
  8. #dcddf4
  9. #e8e9f8
  10. #f3f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a8fdb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a8fdb
  2. #898ed2
  3. #888cc9
  4. #878bc0
  5. #8689b7
  6. #8588ae
  7. #8486a4
  8. #83859b
  9. #828392
  10. #818289
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.99:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #959595 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9193b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7698de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7292d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #739eab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7f95dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c91da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d98c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a8fdb {
  color: #8a8fdb;
}
Background
.bg-8a8fdb {
  background-color: #8a8fdb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a8fdb {
  border: 2px solid #8a8fdb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a8fdb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 143 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 53% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a8fdb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a8fdb, #ae8adb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a8fdb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 143 219 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.58 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.91 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.52 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.58 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.59 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.63 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.62 #757024 Inverted #959595 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8a8fdb  rgb(138, 143, 219)  hsl(236, 53%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#dbd68a  rgb(219, 214, 138)  hsl(56, 53%, 70%)  Khaki
#db8a8f  rgb(219, 138, 143)  hsl(356, 53%, 70%)  Light Coral
#8fdb8a  rgb(143, 219, 138)  hsl(116, 53%, 70%)  Pastel Green