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#8CA0CA

#8ca0ca ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ca0ca is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 62.75% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.69% cyan, 20.79% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 220.65°, with 36.9% saturation and 67.06% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.34.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3498

Complementary

  1. #8ca0ca
  2. #cab68c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca0ca
  2. #ca978c
  3. #bfca8c

Analogous

  1. #8cbfca
  2. #8ca0ca
  3. #978cca

Triadic

  1. #8ca0ca
  2. #ca8ca0
  3. #a0ca8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca0ca
  2. #b68cca
  3. #cab68c
  4. #a0ca8c

Square

  1. #8ca0ca
  2. #ca8cbf
  3. #cab68c
  4. #8cca97

Monochromatic

  1. #3c5281
  2. #5875b2
  3. #8ca0ca
  4. #c0cbe2
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#8ca0ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca0ca
  2. #7e90b6
  3. #7080a2
  4. #62708d
  5. #546079
  6. #465065
  7. #384051
  8. #2a303d
  9. #1c2028
  10. #0e1014
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca0ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca0ca
  2. #98aacf
  3. #a3b3d5
  4. #afbdda
  5. #bac6df
  6. #c6d0e5
  7. #d1d9ea
  8. #dde3ef
  9. #e8ecf4
  10. #f4f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca0ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca0ca
  2. #8b9dc3
  3. #8a9abb
  4. #8896b4
  5. #8793ac
  6. #8690a5
  7. #858d9e
  8. #848a96
  9. #82868f
  10. #818387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98a0b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a3cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c9dc9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ba8ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90a2cb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c9ec9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #82a5ba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca0ca {
  color: #8ca0ca;
}
Background
.bg-8ca0ca {
  background-color: #8ca0ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca0ca {
  border: 2px solid #8ca0ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca0ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 160 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 37% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca0ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca0ca, #978cca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca0ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 160 202 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.34 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.37 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.49 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.88 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.78 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.86 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.21 #735f35 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ca0ca  rgb(140, 160, 202)  hsl(221, 37%, 67%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cab68c  rgb(202, 182, 140)  hsl(41, 37%, 67%)  Ecru
#ca8ca0  rgb(202, 140, 160)  hsl(341, 37%, 67%)  Puce
#a0ca8c  rgb(160, 202, 140)  hsl(101, 37%, 67%)  Pistachio