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#8CA1FD

#8ca1fd ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca1fd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 63.14% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.66% cyan, 36.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 228.85°, with 96.58% saturation and 77.06% 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 soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.22.

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Relative luminance0.3816

Complementary

  1. #8ca1fd
  2. #fde88c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca1fd
  2. #fdb08c
  3. #dafd8c

Analogous

  1. #8cdafd
  2. #8ca1fd
  3. #b08cfd

Triadic

  1. #8ca1fd
  2. #fd8ca1
  3. #a1fd8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca1fd
  2. #e88cfd
  3. #fde88c
  4. #a1fd8c

Square

  1. #8ca1fd
  2. #fd8cda
  3. #fde88c
  4. #8cfdb0

Monochromatic

  1. #042fec
  2. #4164fc
  3. #8ca1fd
  4. #d7defe
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#8ca1fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca1fd
  2. #7e91e4
  3. #7081ca
  4. #6271b1
  5. #546198
  6. #46517f
  7. #384065
  8. #2a304c
  9. #1c2033
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca1fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca1fd
  2. #98aafd
  3. #a3b4fd
  4. #afbdfe
  5. #bac7fe
  6. #c6d0fe
  7. #d1d9fe
  8. #dde3fe
  9. #e8ecff
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca1fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca1fd
  2. #8b9ef1
  3. #8a9ae4
  4. #8897d8
  5. #8794cb
  6. #8691bf
  7. #858db2
  8. #848aa6
  9. #828799
  10. #81838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca4cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7fabff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #75a2fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64b4c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #85a7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7fa1fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76addd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca1fd {
  color: #8ca1fd;
}
Background
.bg-8ca1fd {
  background-color: #8ca1fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca1fd {
  border: 2px solid #8ca1fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca1fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 161 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 97% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca1fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca1fd, #b08cfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca1fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 161 253 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.97 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.97 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.12 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.66 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.49 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.60 #735e02 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca1fd  rgb(140, 161, 253)  hsl(229, 97%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fde88c  rgb(253, 232, 140)  hsl(49, 97%, 77%)  Jasmine
#fd8ca1  rgb(253, 140, 161)  hsl(349, 97%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a1fd8c  rgb(161, 253, 140)  hsl(109, 97%, 77%)  Mint Green