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#8CA8EC

#8ca8ec ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ca8ec is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 65.88% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.68% cyan, 28.81% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 222.5°, with 71.64% saturation and 73.73% 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 8.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.34.

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Relative luminance0.3964

Complementary

  1. #8ca8ec
  2. #ecd08c

Split complementary

  1. #8ca8ec
  2. #eca08c
  3. #d8ec8c

Analogous

  1. #8cd8ec
  2. #8ca8ec
  3. #a08cec

Triadic

  1. #8ca8ec
  2. #ec8ca8
  3. #a8ec8c

Tetradic

  1. #8ca8ec
  2. #d08cec
  3. #ecd08c
  4. #a8ec8c

Square

  1. #8ca8ec
  2. #ec8cd8
  3. #ecd08c
  4. #8ceca0

Monochromatic

  1. #204ebf
  2. #4a76e1
  3. #8ca8ec
  4. #cedaf7
  5. #edf2fc

Shades

#8ca8ec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ca8ec
  2. #7e97d4
  3. #7086bd
  4. #6276a5
  5. #54658e
  6. #465476
  7. #38435e
  8. #2a3247
  9. #1c222f
  10. #0e1118
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ca8ec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ca8ec
  2. #98b1ee
  3. #a3b9f0
  4. #afc2f2
  5. #bacbf4
  6. #c6d4f6
  7. #d1dcf7
  8. #dde5f9
  9. #e8eefb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ca8ec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ca8ec
  2. #8ba4e1
  3. #8aa0d6
  4. #889ccc
  5. #8798c1
  6. #8694b6
  7. #8590ab
  8. #848ca0
  9. #828896
  10. #81848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea9c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aeef ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a5ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6cb6c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fabee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89a6eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ab1d3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ca8ec {
  color: #8ca8ec;
}
Background
.bg-8ca8ec {
  background-color: #8ca8ec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ca8ec {
  border: 2px solid #8ca8ec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ca8ec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 168 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 72% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ca8ec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ca8ec, #a08cec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ca8ec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 168 236 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.34 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.57 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.89 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.30 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.05 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.92 #735713 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ca8ec  rgb(140, 168, 236)  hsl(223, 72%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#ecd08c  rgb(236, 208, 140)  hsl(43, 72%, 74%)  Buff
#ec8ca8  rgb(236, 140, 168)  hsl(343, 72%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a8ec8c  rgb(168, 236, 140)  hsl(103, 72%, 74%)  Light Green