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#8CA0FC

#8ca0fc ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca0fc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 62.75% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.44% cyan, 36.51% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 229.29°, with 94.92% saturation and 76.86% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.21.

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Relative luminance0.3775

Complementary

  1. #8ca0fc
  2. #fce88c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca0fc
  2. #fcb08c
  3. #d8fc8c

Analogous

  1. #8cd8fc
  2. #8ca0fc
  3. #b08cfc

Triadic

  1. #8ca0fc
  2. #fc8ca0
  3. #a0fc8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca0fc
  2. #e88cfc
  3. #fce88c
  4. #a0fc8c

Square

  1. #8ca0fc
  2. #fc8cd8
  3. #fce88c
  4. #8cfcb0

Monochromatic

  1. #062fe9
  2. #4162fa
  3. #8ca0fc
  4. #d7defe
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8ca0fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca0fc
  2. #7e90e3
  3. #7080ca
  4. #6270b0
  5. #546097
  6. #46507e
  7. #384065
  8. #2a304c
  9. #1c2032
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca0fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca0fc
  2. #98aafc
  3. #a3b3fd
  4. #afbdfd
  5. #bac6fd
  6. #c6d0fe
  7. #d1d9fe
  8. #dde3fe
  9. #e8ecfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca0fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca0fc
  2. #8b9df0
  3. #8a9ae3
  4. #8896d7
  5. #8793ca
  6. #8690be
  7. #858db2
  8. #848aa5
  9. #828699
  10. #81838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca3ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7faaff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #75a1fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64b3c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84a6fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fa1fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76acdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca0fc {
  color: #8ca0fc;
}
Background
.bg-8ca0fc {
  background-color: #8ca0fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca0fc {
  border: 2px solid #8ca0fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca0fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 160 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 95% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca0fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca0fc, #b08cfc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca0fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 160 252 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.21 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.96 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.08 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.12 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.80 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.60 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.66 #735f03 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca0fc  rgb(140, 160, 252)  hsl(229, 95%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fce88c  rgb(252, 232, 140)  hsl(49, 95%, 77%)  Buff
#fc8ca0  rgb(252, 140, 160)  hsl(349, 95%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a0fc8c  rgb(160, 252, 140)  hsl(109, 95%, 77%)  Mint Green