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#8A9BE7

#8a9be7 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a9be7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 60.78% green and 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.26% cyan, 32.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 229.03°, with 65.96% saturation and 72.35% 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 7.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.18.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3462

Complementary

  1. #8a9be7
  2. #e7d68a

Split complementary

  1. #8a9be7
  2. #e7a78a
  3. #c9e78a

Analogous

  1. #8ac9e7
  2. #8a9be7
  3. #a78ae7

Triadic

  1. #8a9be7
  2. #e78a9b
  3. #9be78a

Tetradic

  1. #8a9be7
  2. #d68ae7
  3. #e7d68a
  4. #9be78a

Square

  1. #8a9be7
  2. #e78ac9
  3. #e7d68a
  4. #8ae7a7

Monochromatic

  1. #253fb3
  2. #4b65da
  3. #8a9be7
  4. #c9d1f4
  5. #eef1fc

Shades

#8a9be7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a9be7
  2. #7c8cd0
  3. #6e7cb9
  4. #616da2
  5. #535d8b
  6. #454e74
  7. #373e5c
  8. #292f45
  9. #1c1f2e
  10. #0e1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a9be7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a9be7
  2. #96a5e9
  3. #a1afec
  4. #adb9ee
  5. #b9c3f1
  6. #c5cdf3
  7. #d0d7f5
  8. #dce1f8
  9. #e8ebfa
  10. #f3f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a9be7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a9be7
  2. #8998dd
  3. #8896d2
  4. #8793c8
  5. #8690be
  6. #858eb4
  7. #848ba9
  8. #83889f
  9. #828595
  10. #81838a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #979dc0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81a3ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7a9be5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6caab7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85a0e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #809be6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #79a4cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a9be7 {
  color: #8a9be7;
}
Background
.bg-8a9be7 {
  background-color: #8a9be7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a9be7 {
  border: 2px solid #8a9be7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a9be7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 155 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 66% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a9be7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a9be7, #a78ae7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a9be7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 155 231 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.62 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.43 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.09 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.79 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.66 #756418 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8a9be7  rgb(138, 155, 231)  hsl(229, 66%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#e7d68a  rgb(231, 214, 138)  hsl(49, 66%, 72%)  Flax
#e78a9b  rgb(231, 138, 155)  hsl(349, 66%, 72%)  Salmon Pink
#9be78a  rgb(155, 231, 138)  hsl(109, 66%, 72%)  Light Green