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#8AADE9

#8aade9 ≈ Iceberg

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8aade9 is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 67.84% green and 91.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.77% cyan, 25.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 217.89°, with 68.35% saturation and 72.75% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Iceberg (#71a6d2), ΔE 6.35.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.4117

Complementary

  1. #8aade9
  2. #e9c68a

Split complementary

  1. #8aade9
  2. #e9978a
  3. #dde98a

Analogous

  1. #8adde9
  2. #8aade9
  3. #978ae9

Triadic

  1. #8aade9
  2. #e98aad
  3. #ade98a

Tetradic

  1. #8aade9
  2. #c68ae9
  3. #e9c68a
  4. #ade98a

Square

  1. #8aade9
  2. #e98add
  3. #e9c68a
  4. #8ae997

Monochromatic

  1. #2359b8
  2. #4a80dd
  3. #8aade9
  4. #cadaf5
  5. #eef3fc

Shades

#8aade9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8aade9
  2. #7c9cd2
  3. #6e8aba
  4. #6179a3
  5. #53688c
  6. #455775
  7. #37455d
  8. #293446
  9. #1c232f
  10. #0e1117
  11. #000000

Tints

#8aade9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8aade9
  2. #96b5eb
  3. #a1bded
  4. #adc6f0
  5. #b9cef2
  6. #c5d6f4
  7. #d0def6
  8. #dce6f8
  9. #e8effb
  10. #f3f7fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8aade9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8aade9
  2. #89a9df
  3. #88a4d4
  4. #87a0ca
  5. #869bbf
  6. #8597b5
  7. #8492aa
  8. #838ea0
  9. #828995
  10. #81858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9facc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97b1ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da8e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69bac2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92afeb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8caae8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #78b5d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8aade9 {
  color: #8aade9;
}
Background
.bg-8aade9 {
  background-color: #8aade9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8aade9 {
  border: 2px solid #8aade9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8aade9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 173 233;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 68% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8aade9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8aade9, #978ae9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8aade9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 173 233 / 0.35);
}

#71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.35 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.61 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.39 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.01 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.51 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 9.72 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 9.81 #755216 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Iceberg
#8aade9  rgb(138, 173, 233)  hsl(218, 68%, 73%)  Iceberg
#e9c68a  rgb(233, 198, 138)  hsl(38, 68%, 73%)  Burly Wood
#e98aad  rgb(233, 138, 173)  hsl(338, 68%, 73%)  Flamingo Pink
#ade98a  rgb(173, 233, 138)  hsl(98, 68%, 73%)  Light Green