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#8CA7FA

#8ca7fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca7fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44% cyan, 33.2% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 225.27°, with 91.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 9.02:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.33.

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Relative luminance0.4012

Complementary

  1. #8ca7fa
  2. #fadf8c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca7fa
  2. #faa88c
  3. #defa8c

Analogous

  1. #8cdefa
  2. #8ca7fa
  3. #a88cfa

Triadic

  1. #8ca7fa
  2. #fa8ca7
  3. #a7fa8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca7fa
  2. #df8cfa
  3. #fadf8c
  4. #a7fa8c

Square

  1. #8ca7fa
  2. #fa8cde
  3. #fadf8c
  4. #8cfaa8

Monochromatic

  1. #0a3fe3
  2. #436ff7
  3. #8ca7fa
  4. #d5dffd
  5. #ebf0fe

Shades

#8ca7fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca7fa
  2. #7e96e1
  3. #7086c8
  4. #6275af
  5. #546496
  6. #46547d
  7. #384364
  8. #2a324b
  9. #1c2132
  10. #0e1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca7fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca7fa
  2. #98b0fb
  3. #a3b9fb
  4. #afc1fc
  5. #bacafc
  6. #c6d3fd
  7. #d1dcfd
  8. #dde5fe
  9. #e8edfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca7fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca7fa
  2. #8ba3ee
  3. #8a9fe2
  4. #889bd5
  5. #8797c9
  6. #8694bd
  7. #8590b1
  8. #848ca5
  9. #828898
  10. #81848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa9cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89affd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa5f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64b8c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aacfc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #84a6f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76b2dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca7fa {
  color: #8ca7fa;
}
Background
.bg-8ca7fa {
  background-color: #8ca7fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca7fa {
  border: 2px solid #8ca7fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca7fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 167 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 92% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca7fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca7fa, #a88cfa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca7fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 167 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.33 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.04 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.55 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.74 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.34 #735805 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca7fa  rgb(140, 167, 250)  hsl(225, 92%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#fadf8c  rgb(250, 223, 140)  hsl(45, 92%, 76%)  Jasmine
#fa8ca7  rgb(250, 140, 167)  hsl(345, 92%, 76%)  Flamingo Pink
#a7fa8c  rgb(167, 250, 140)  hsl(105, 92%, 76%)  Mint Green