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#8CA4E7

#8ca4e7 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca4e7 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 90.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.39% cyan, 29% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 224.18°, with 65.47% saturation and 72.75% 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 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.26.

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Relative luminance0.379

Complementary

  1. #8ca4e7
  2. #e7cf8c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca4e7
  2. #e7a28c
  3. #d2e78c

Analogous

  1. #8cd2e7
  2. #8ca4e7
  3. #a28ce7

Triadic

  1. #8ca4e7
  2. #e78ca4
  3. #a4e78c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca4e7
  2. #cf8ce7
  3. #e7cf8c
  4. #a4e78c

Square

  1. #8ca4e7
  2. #e78cd2
  3. #e7cf8c
  4. #8ce7a2

Monochromatic

  1. #264bb4
  2. #4d72da
  3. #8ca4e7
  4. #cbd6f4
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#8ca4e7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca4e7
  2. #7e94d0
  3. #7083b9
  4. #6273a2
  5. #54628b
  6. #465274
  7. #38425c
  8. #2a3145
  9. #1c212e
  10. #0e1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca4e7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca4e7
  2. #98ade9
  3. #a3b6ec
  4. #afbfee
  5. #bac8f1
  6. #c6d2f3
  7. #d1dbf5
  8. #dde4f8
  9. #e8edfa
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca4e7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca4e7
  2. #8ba0dd
  3. #8a9dd2
  4. #8899c8
  5. #8796be
  6. #8692b4
  7. #858ea9
  8. #848b9f
  9. #828795
  10. #81848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca5c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8daaea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a2e5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6fb2bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8da8e9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88a3e6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7bacce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca4e7 {
  color: #8ca4e7;
}
Background
.bg-8ca4e7 {
  background-color: #8ca4e7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca4e7 {
  border: 2px solid #8ca4e7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca4e7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 164 231;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 65% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca4e7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca4e7, #a28ce7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca4e7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 164 231 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.26 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.08 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.76 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.90 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.50 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.12 #735b18 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca4e7  rgb(140, 164, 231)  hsl(224, 65%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#e7cf8c  rgb(231, 207, 140)  hsl(44, 65%, 73%)  Buff
#e78ca4  rgb(231, 140, 164)  hsl(344, 65%, 73%)  Flamingo Pink
#a4e78c  rgb(164, 231, 140)  hsl(104, 65%, 73%)  Light Green