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#8CA4FC

#8ca4fc ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca4fc 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 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.44% cyan, 34.92% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 227.14°, 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 8.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.22.

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Relative luminance0.3915

Complementary

  1. #8ca4fc
  2. #fce48c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca4fc
  2. #fcac8c
  3. #dcfc8c

Analogous

  1. #8cdcfc
  2. #8ca4fc
  3. #ac8cfc

Triadic

  1. #8ca4fc
  2. #fc8ca4
  3. #a4fc8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca4fc
  2. #e48cfc
  3. #fce48c
  4. #a4fc8c

Square

  1. #8ca4fc
  2. #fc8cdc
  3. #fce48c
  4. #8cfcac

Monochromatic

  1. #0637e9
  2. #4169fa
  3. #8ca4fc
  4. #d7dffe
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8ca4fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca4fc
  2. #7e94e3
  3. #7083ca
  4. #6273b0
  5. #546297
  6. #46527e
  7. #384265
  8. #2a314c
  9. #1c2132
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca4fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca4fc
  2. #98adfc
  3. #a3b6fd
  4. #afbffd
  5. #bac8fd
  6. #c6d2fe
  7. #d1dbfe
  8. #dde4fe
  9. #e8edfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca4fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca4fc
  2. #8ba0f0
  3. #8a9de3
  4. #8899d7
  5. #8796ca
  6. #8692be
  7. #858eb2
  8. #848ba5
  9. #828799
  10. #81848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea6cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7aa4fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64b6c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87aafe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #81a4fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76afdd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca4fc {
  color: #8ca4fc;
}
Background
.bg-8ca4fc {
  background-color: #8ca4fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca4fc {
  border: 2px solid #8ca4fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca4fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 164 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 95% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca4fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca4fc, #ac8cfc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca4fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 164 252 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.22 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.57 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.97 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.85 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.19 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.11 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.45 #735b03 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca4fc  rgb(140, 164, 252)  hsl(227, 95%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fce48c  rgb(252, 228, 140)  hsl(47, 95%, 77%)  Jasmine
#fc8ca4  rgb(252, 140, 164)  hsl(347, 95%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a4fc8c  rgb(164, 252, 140)  hsl(107, 95%, 77%)  Mint Green