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#8CA7F9

#8ca7f9 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca7f9 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 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.78% cyan, 32.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 225.14°, with 90.08% saturation and 76.27% 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 9.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.31.

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Relative luminance0.4005

Complementary

  1. #8ca7f9
  2. #f9de8c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca7f9
  2. #f9a78c
  3. #ddf98c

Analogous

  1. #8cddf9
  2. #8ca7f9
  3. #a78cf9

Triadic

  1. #8ca7f9
  2. #f98ca7
  3. #a7f98c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca7f9
  2. #de8cf9
  3. #f9de8c
  4. #a7f98c

Square

  1. #8ca7f9
  2. #f98cdd
  3. #f9de8c
  4. #8cf9a7

Monochromatic

  1. #0c40e0
  2. #436ff5
  3. #8ca7f9
  4. #d5dffd
  5. #ecf0fe

Shades

#8ca7f9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca7f9
  2. #7e96e0
  3. #7086c7
  4. #6275ae
  5. #546495
  6. #46547d
  7. #384364
  8. #2a324b
  9. #1c2132
  10. #0e1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca7f9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca7f9
  2. #98b0fa
  3. #a3b9fa
  4. #afc1fb
  5. #bacafb
  6. #c6d3fc
  7. #d1dcfd
  8. #dde5fd
  9. #e8edfe
  10. #f4f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca7f9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca7f9
  2. #8ba3ed
  3. #8a9fe1
  4. #889bd5
  5. #8797c9
  6. #8694bd
  7. #8590b0
  8. #848ca4
  9. #828898
  10. #81848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa9ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8aaffc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa5f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65b8c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8bacfb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85a6f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #77b1dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca7f9 {
  color: #8ca7f9;
}
Background
.bg-8ca7f9 {
  background-color: #8ca7f9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca7f9 {
  border: 2px solid #8ca7f9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca7f9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 167 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 90% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca7f9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca7f9, #a78cf9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca7f9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 167 249 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.31 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.14 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.01 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.46 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.72 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.68 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.33 #735806 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca7f9  rgb(140, 167, 249)  hsl(225, 90%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#f9de8c  rgb(249, 222, 140)  hsl(45, 90%, 76%)  Jasmine
#f98ca7  rgb(249, 140, 167)  hsl(345, 90%, 76%)  Flamingo Pink
#a7f98c  rgb(167, 249, 140)  hsl(105, 90%, 76%)  Pale Green