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#8CA6EF

#8ca6ef ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca6ef is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 65.1% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.42% cyan, 30.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 224.24°, with 75.57% saturation and 74.31% 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 8.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.21.

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Relative luminance0.3908

Complementary

  1. #8ca6ef
  2. #efd58c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca6ef
  2. #efa38c
  3. #d7ef8c

Analogous

  1. #8cd7ef
  2. #8ca6ef
  3. #a38cef

Triadic

  1. #8ca6ef
  2. #ef8ca6
  3. #a6ef8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca6ef
  2. #d58cef
  3. #efd58c
  4. #a6ef8c

Square

  1. #8ca6ef
  2. #ef8cd7
  3. #efd58c
  4. #8cefa3

Monochromatic

  1. #1c48c6
  2. #4972e6
  3. #8ca6ef
  4. #cfdaf8
  5. #edf1fd

Shades

#8ca6ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca6ef
  2. #7e95d7
  3. #7085bf
  4. #6274a7
  5. #54648f
  6. #465378
  7. #384260
  8. #2a3248
  9. #1c2130
  10. #0e1118
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca6ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca6ef
  2. #98aff1
  3. #a3b8f2
  4. #afc1f4
  5. #bacaf5
  6. #c6d3f7
  7. #d1dbf9
  8. #dde4fa
  9. #e8edfc
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca6ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca6ef
  2. #8ba2e4
  3. #8a9ed9
  4. #889bce
  5. #8797c3
  6. #8693b8
  7. #858fac
  8. #848ba1
  9. #828896
  10. #81848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da7c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8dadf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a4ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6bb5c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8caaf1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87a5ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #79afd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca6ef {
  color: #8ca6ef;
}
Background
.bg-8ca6ef {
  background-color: #8ca6ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca6ef {
  border: 2px solid #8ca6ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca6ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 166 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 76% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca6ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca6ef, #a38cef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca6ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 166 239 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.21 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.95 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.52 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.81 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.68 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.44 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.34 #735910 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca6ef  rgb(140, 166, 239)  hsl(224, 76%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#efd58c  rgb(239, 213, 140)  hsl(44, 76%, 74%)  Buff
#ef8ca6  rgb(239, 140, 166)  hsl(344, 76%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a6ef8c  rgb(166, 239, 140)  hsl(104, 76%, 74%)  Light Green