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#8CA5FC

#8ca5fc ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca5fc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 64.71% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.44% cyan, 34.52% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 226.61°, 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 8.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.26.

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Relative luminance0.3951

Complementary

  1. #8ca5fc
  2. #fce38c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca5fc
  2. #fcab8c
  3. #ddfc8c

Analogous

  1. #8cddfc
  2. #8ca5fc
  3. #ab8cfc

Triadic

  1. #8ca5fc
  2. #fc8ca5
  3. #a5fc8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca5fc
  2. #e38cfc
  3. #fce38c
  4. #a5fc8c

Square

  1. #8ca5fc
  2. #fc8cdd
  3. #fce38c
  4. #8cfcab

Monochromatic

  1. #0639e9
  2. #416bfa
  3. #8ca5fc
  4. #d7dffe
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8ca5fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca5fc
  2. #7e95e3
  3. #7084ca
  4. #6274b0
  5. #546397
  6. #46537e
  7. #384265
  8. #2a324c
  9. #1c2132
  10. #0e1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca5fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca5fc
  2. #98aefc
  3. #a3b7fd
  4. #afc0fd
  5. #bac9fd
  6. #c6d2fe
  7. #d1dbfe
  8. #dde4fe
  9. #e8edfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca5fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca5fc
  2. #8ba1f0
  3. #8a9ee3
  4. #889ad7
  5. #8796ca
  6. #8693be
  7. #858fb2
  8. #848ba5
  9. #828799
  10. #81848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea7cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86aeff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ba4fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64b7c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88aafe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #82a5fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76b0dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca5fc {
  color: #8ca5fc;
}
Background
.bg-8ca5fc {
  background-color: #8ca5fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca5fc {
  border: 2px solid #8ca5fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca5fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 165 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 95% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca5fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca5fc, #ab8cfc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca5fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 165 252 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.45 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.00 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.80 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.05 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.00 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.41 #735a03 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca5fc  rgb(140, 165, 252)  hsl(227, 95%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fce38c  rgb(252, 227, 140)  hsl(47, 95%, 77%)  Jasmine
#fc8ca5  rgb(252, 140, 165)  hsl(347, 95%, 77%)  Flamingo Pink
#a5fc8c  rgb(165, 252, 140)  hsl(107, 95%, 77%)  Mint Green