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#8CA3FA

#8ca3fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca3fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 63.92% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44% cyan, 34.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 227.45°, with 91.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 8.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.17.

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Relative luminance0.3867

Complementary

  1. #8ca3fa
  2. #fae38c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca3fa
  2. #faac8c
  3. #dafa8c

Analogous

  1. #8cdafa
  2. #8ca3fa
  3. #ac8cfa

Triadic

  1. #8ca3fa
  2. #fa8ca3
  3. #a3fa8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca3fa
  2. #e38cfa
  3. #fae38c
  4. #a3fa8c

Square

  1. #8ca3fa
  2. #fa8cda
  3. #fae38c
  4. #8cfaac

Monochromatic

  1. #0a37e3
  2. #4368f7
  3. #8ca3fa
  4. #d5defd
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8ca3fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca3fa
  2. #7e93e1
  3. #7082c8
  4. #6272af
  5. #546296
  6. #46527d
  7. #384164
  8. #2a314b
  9. #1c2132
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca3fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca3fa
  2. #98acfb
  3. #a3b5fb
  4. #afbffc
  5. #bac8fc
  6. #c6d1fd
  7. #d1dafd
  8. #dde3fe
  9. #e8edfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca3fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca3fa
  2. #8ba0ee
  3. #8a9ce2
  4. #8899d5
  5. #8795c9
  6. #8692bd
  7. #858eb1
  8. #848ba5
  9. #828798
  10. #81848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da5ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84acfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7aa3f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65b5c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87a9fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #81a3f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #77aedb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca3fa {
  color: #8ca3fa;
}
Background
.bg-8ca3fa {
  background-color: #8ca3fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca3fa {
  border: 2px solid #8ca3fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca3fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 163 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca3fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca3fa, #ac8cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca3fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 163 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.17 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.91 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.72 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.31 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.48 #735c05 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca3fa  rgb(140, 163, 250)  hsl(227, 92%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#fae38c  rgb(250, 227, 140)  hsl(47, 92%, 76%)  Jasmine
#fa8ca3  rgb(250, 140, 163)  hsl(347, 92%, 76%)  Salmon Pink
#a3fa8c  rgb(163, 250, 140)  hsl(107, 92%, 76%)  Mint Green