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#8A91DB

#8a91db ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a91db is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 56.86% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.99% cyan, 33.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 234.81°, 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 9.21.

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Relative luminance0.3077

Complementary

  1. #8a91db
  2. #dbd48a

Split complementary

  1. #8a91db
  2. #dbab8a
  3. #badb8a

Analogous

  1. #8abadb
  2. #8a91db
  3. #ab8adb

Triadic

  1. #8a91db
  2. #db8a91
  3. #91db8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a91db
  2. #d48adb
  3. #dbd48a
  4. #91db8a

Square

  1. #8a91db
  2. #db8aba
  3. #dbd48a
  4. #8adbab

Monochromatic

  1. #30399c
  2. #505ac9
  3. #8a91db
  4. #c5c8ed
  5. #eff0fa

Shades

#8a91db mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a91db
  2. #7c83c5
  3. #6e74af
  4. #616699
  5. #535783
  6. #45496e
  7. #373a58
  8. #292c42
  9. #1c1d2c
  10. #0e0f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a91db mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a91db
  2. #969cdf
  3. #a1a7e2
  4. #adb2e6
  5. #b9bde9
  6. #c5c8ed
  7. #d0d3f1
  8. #dcdef4
  9. #e8e9f8
  10. #f3f4fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a91db mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a91db
  2. #898fd2
  3. #888ec9
  4. #878cc0
  5. #868ab7
  6. #8589ae
  7. #8487a4
  8. #83859b
  9. #828392
  10. #818289
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9294b6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #799ade ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7494d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #739fac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8096dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7e93da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7d9ac1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a91db {
  color: #8a91db;
}
Background
.bg-8a91db {
  background-color: #8a91db;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a91db {
  border: 2px solid #8a91db;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a91db;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 145 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 53% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a91db {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a91db, #ab8adb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a91db {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 145 219 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.21 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.94 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.24 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.43 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.30 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.83 #756e24 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8a91db  rgb(138, 145, 219)  hsl(235, 53%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#dbd48a  rgb(219, 212, 138)  hsl(55, 53%, 70%)  Flax
#db8a91  rgb(219, 138, 145)  hsl(355, 53%, 70%)  Puce
#91db8a  rgb(145, 219, 138)  hsl(115, 53%, 70%)  Granny Smith Apple