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#8DA6EB

#8da6eb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8da6eb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.29% red, 65.1% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40% cyan, 29.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 224.04°, with 70.15% 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 8.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.43.

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Relative luminance0.3893

Complementary

  1. #8da6eb
  2. #ebd28d

Split complementary

  1. #8da6eb
  2. #eba38d
  3. #d5eb8d

Analogous

  1. #8dd5eb
  2. #8da6eb
  3. #a38deb

Triadic

  1. #8da6eb
  2. #eb8da6
  3. #a6eb8d

Tetradic

  1. #8da6eb
  2. #d28deb
  3. #ebd28d
  4. #a6eb8d

Square

  1. #8da6eb
  2. #eb8dd5
  3. #ebd28d
  4. #8deba3

Monochromatic

  1. #214bbe
  2. #4c73e0
  3. #8da6eb
  4. #ced9f6
  5. #eef1fc

Shades

#8da6eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8da6eb
  2. #7f95d4
  3. #7185bc
  4. #6374a5
  5. #55648d
  6. #475376
  7. #38425e
  8. #2a3247
  9. #1c212f
  10. #0e1118
  11. #000000

Tints

#8da6eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8da6eb
  2. #98afed
  3. #a4b8ef
  4. #afc1f1
  5. #bbcaf3
  6. #c6d3f5
  7. #d1dbf7
  8. #dde4f9
  9. #e8edfb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8da6eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8da6eb
  2. #8ca2e0
  3. #8a9ed6
  4. #899bcb
  5. #8897c0
  6. #8793b6
  7. #858fab
  8. #848ba0
  9. #838895
  10. #81848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea7c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eacee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a4e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6eb4be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eaaed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89a5ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7cafd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8da6eb {
  color: #8da6eb;
}
Background
.bg-8da6eb {
  background-color: #8da6eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8da6eb {
  border: 2px solid #8da6eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8da6eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 141 166 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 70% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8da6eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8da6eb, #a38deb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8da6eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(141 166 235 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.43 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.98 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.56 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.53 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.58 #725914 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8da6eb  rgb(141, 166, 235)  hsl(224, 70%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#ebd28d  rgb(235, 210, 141)  hsl(44, 70%, 74%)  Buff
#eb8da6  rgb(235, 141, 166)  hsl(344, 70%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a6eb8d  rgb(166, 235, 141)  hsl(104, 70%, 74%)  Light Green