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#8A96E2

#8a96e2 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a96e2 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 58.82% green and 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.94% cyan, 33.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 231.82°, with 60.27% saturation and 71.37% 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 7.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.98.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3271

Complementary

  1. #8a96e2
  2. #e2d68a

Split complementary

  1. #8a96e2
  2. #e2aa8a
  3. #c2e28a

Analogous

  1. #8ac2e2
  2. #8a96e2
  3. #aa8ae2

Triadic

  1. #8a96e2
  2. #e28a96
  3. #96e28a

Tetradic

  1. #8a96e2
  2. #d68ae2
  3. #e2d68a
  4. #96e28a

Square

  1. #8a96e2
  2. #e28ac2
  3. #e2d68a
  4. #8ae2aa

Monochromatic

  1. #2a3ba9
  2. #4d5fd3
  3. #8a96e2
  4. #c7cdf1
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#8a96e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a96e2
  2. #7c87cb
  3. #6e78b5
  4. #61699e
  5. #535a88
  6. #454b71
  7. #373c5a
  8. #292d44
  9. #1c1e2d
  10. #0e0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a96e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a96e2
  2. #96a1e5
  3. #a1abe8
  4. #adb6eb
  5. #b9c0ee
  6. #c5cbf1
  7. #d0d5f3
  8. #dce0f6
  9. #e8eaf9
  10. #f3f5fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a96e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a96e2
  2. #8994d8
  3. #8892ce
  4. #878fc5
  5. #868dbb
  6. #858bb1
  7. #8489a7
  8. #83879d
  9. #828494
  10. #81828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9499bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d9fe5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7698e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6fa5b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #829be4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f97e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7b9fc7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a96e2 {
  color: #8a96e2;
}
Background
.bg-8a96e2 {
  background-color: #8a96e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a96e2 {
  border: 2px solid #8a96e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a96e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 150 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 60% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a96e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a96e2, #aa8ae2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a96e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 150 226 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.98 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.24 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.43 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.42 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.57 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.13 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.44 #75691d Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8a96e2  rgb(138, 150, 226)  hsl(232, 60%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#e2d68a  rgb(226, 214, 138)  hsl(52, 60%, 71%)  Flax
#e28a96  rgb(226, 138, 150)  hsl(352, 60%, 71%)  Puce
#96e28a  rgb(150, 226, 138)  hsl(112, 60%, 71%)  Light Green