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#8CA7ED

#8ca7ed ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca7ed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 65.49% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.93% cyan, 29.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 223.3°, with 72.93% saturation and 73.92% 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 8.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.27.

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Relative luminance0.3933

Complementary

  1. #8ca7ed
  2. #edd28c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca7ed
  2. #eda18c
  3. #d7ed8c

Analogous

  1. #8cd7ed
  2. #8ca7ed
  3. #a18ced

Triadic

  1. #8ca7ed
  2. #ed8ca7
  3. #a7ed8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca7ed
  2. #d28ced
  3. #edd28c
  4. #a7ed8c

Square

  1. #8ca7ed
  2. #ed8cd7
  3. #edd28c
  4. #8ceda1

Monochromatic

  1. #1e4cc2
  2. #4a74e3
  3. #8ca7ed
  4. #cedaf7
  5. #edf2fc

Shades

#8ca7ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca7ed
  2. #7e96d5
  3. #7086be
  4. #6275a6
  5. #54648e
  6. #465477
  7. #38435f
  8. #2a3247
  9. #1c212f
  10. #0e1118
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca7ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca7ed
  2. #98b0ef
  3. #a3b9f1
  4. #afc1f2
  5. #bacaf4
  6. #c6d3f6
  7. #d1dcf8
  8. #dde5fa
  9. #e8edfb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca7ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca7ed
  2. #8ba3e2
  3. #8a9fd7
  4. #889bcc
  5. #8797c1
  6. #8694b7
  7. #8590ac
  8. #848ca1
  9. #828896
  10. #81848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea8c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fadf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #85a4eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6bb5c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eabef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88a5ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ab0d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca7ed {
  color: #8ca7ed;
}
Background
.bg-8ca7ed {
  background-color: #8ca7ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca7ed {
  border: 2px solid #8ca7ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca7ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 167 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 73% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca7ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca7ed, #a18ced);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca7ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 167 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.27 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.74 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.84 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.49 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.23 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.26 #735812 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca7ed  rgb(140, 167, 237)  hsl(223, 73%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#edd28c  rgb(237, 210, 140)  hsl(43, 73%, 74%)  Buff
#ed8ca7  rgb(237, 140, 167)  hsl(343, 73%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a7ed8c  rgb(167, 237, 140)  hsl(103, 73%, 74%)  Light Green