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#8CA4DA

#8ca4da ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca4da is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 64.31% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.78% cyan, 24.77% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 221.54°, with 51.32% saturation and 70.2% 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 8.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.39.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3719

Complementary

  1. #8ca4da
  2. #dac28c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca4da
  2. #da9b8c
  3. #cbda8c

Analogous

  1. #8ccbda
  2. #8ca4da
  3. #9b8cda

Triadic

  1. #8ca4da
  2. #da8ca4
  3. #a4da8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca4da
  2. #c28cda
  3. #dac28c
  4. #a4da8c

Square

  1. #8ca4da
  2. #da8ccb
  3. #dac28c
  4. #8cda9b

Monochromatic

  1. #32529b
  2. #5276c7
  3. #8ca4da
  4. #c6d2ed
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#8ca4da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca4da
  2. #7e94c4
  3. #7083ae
  4. #627399
  5. #546283
  6. #46526d
  7. #384257
  8. #2a3141
  9. #1c212c
  10. #0e1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca4da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca4da
  2. #98adde
  3. #a3b6e1
  4. #afbfe5
  5. #bac8e9
  6. #c6d2ed
  7. #d1dbf0
  8. #dde4f4
  9. #e8edf8
  10. #f4f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca4da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca4da
  2. #8ba0d1
  3. #8a9dc8
  4. #8899bf
  5. #8796b6
  6. #8692ad
  7. #858ea4
  8. #848b9b
  9. #828792
  10. #818489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ba4bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #92a8dc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8aa1d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74afb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90a6db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ba2d9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7eabc6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca4da {
  color: #8ca4da;
}
Background
.bg-8ca4da {
  background-color: #8ca4da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca4da {
  border: 2px solid #8ca4da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca4da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 164 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 222 51% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca4da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca4da, #9b8cda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca4da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 164 218 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.39 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.69 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.95 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.29 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.55 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.07 #735b25 Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ca4da  rgb(140, 164, 218)  hsl(222, 51%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dac28c  rgb(218, 194, 140)  hsl(42, 51%, 70%)  Ecru
#da8ca4  rgb(218, 140, 164)  hsl(342, 51%, 70%)  Puce
#a4da8c  rgb(164, 218, 140)  hsl(102, 51%, 70%)  Granny Smith Apple