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#8CA7DC

#8ca7dc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca7dc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 65.49% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.36% cyan, 24.09% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 219.75°, with 53.33% saturation and 70.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.68:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.53.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3838

Complementary

  1. #8ca7dc
  2. #dcc18c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca7dc
  2. #dc998c
  3. #cfdc8c

Analogous

  1. #8ccfdc
  2. #8ca7dc
  3. #998cdc

Triadic

  1. #8ca7dc
  2. #dc8ca7
  3. #a7dc8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca7dc
  2. #c18cdc
  3. #dcc18c
  4. #a7dc8c

Square

  1. #8ca7dc
  2. #dc8ccf
  3. #dcc18c
  4. #8cdc99

Monochromatic

  1. #30569f
  2. #517aca
  3. #8ca7dc
  4. #c7d4ee
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#8ca7dc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca7dc
  2. #7e96c6
  3. #7086b0
  4. #62759a
  5. #546484
  6. #46546e
  7. #384358
  8. #2a3242
  9. #1c212c
  10. #0e1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca7dc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca7dc
  2. #98b0e0
  3. #a3b9e3
  4. #afc1e7
  5. #bacaea
  6. #c6d3ee
  7. #d1dcf1
  8. #dde5f5
  9. #e8edf8
  10. #f4f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca7dc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca7dc
  2. #8ba3d3
  3. #8a9fca
  4. #889bc0
  5. #8797b7
  6. #8694ae
  7. #8590a5
  8. #848c9c
  9. #828892
  10. #818489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.42:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.68:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da7be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95abde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da3db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73b2b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91a9dd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8da5db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7eaec8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca7dc {
  color: #8ca7dc;
}
Background
.bg-8ca7dc {
  background-color: #8ca7dc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca7dc {
  border: 2px solid #8ca7dc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca7dc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 167 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 53% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca7dc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca7dc, #998cdc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca7dc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 167 220 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.10 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.63 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.92 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.90 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.50 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.94 #735823 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ca7dc  rgb(140, 167, 220)  hsl(220, 53%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dcc18c  rgb(220, 193, 140)  hsl(40, 53%, 71%)  Burly Wood
#dc8ca7  rgb(220, 140, 167)  hsl(340, 53%, 71%)  Puce
#a7dc8c  rgb(167, 220, 140)  hsl(100, 53%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple