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#8E97FC

#8e97fc ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8e97fc is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 59.22% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.65% cyan, 40.08% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 235.09°, with 94.83% saturation and 77.25% 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 7.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.29.

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Relative luminance0.3491

Complementary

  1. #8e97fc
  2. #fcf38e

Split complementary

  1. #8e97fc
  2. #fcbc8e
  3. #cefc8e

Analogous

  1. #8ecefc
  2. #8e97fc
  3. #bc8efc

Triadic

  1. #8e97fc
  2. #fc8e97
  3. #97fc8e

Tetradic

  1. #8e97fc
  2. #f38efc
  3. #fcf38e
  4. #97fc8e

Square

  1. #8e97fc
  2. #fc8ece
  3. #fcf38e
  4. #8efcbc

Monochromatic

  1. #0619eb
  2. #4352fa
  3. #8e97fc
  4. #d8dcfe
  5. #ebedfe

Shades

#8e97fc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e97fc
  2. #8088e3
  3. #7279ca
  4. #636ab0
  5. #555b97
  6. #474c7e
  7. #393c65
  8. #2b2d4c
  9. #1c1e32
  10. #0e0f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e97fc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e97fc
  2. #99a1fc
  3. #a5acfd
  4. #b0b6fd
  5. #bbc1fd
  6. #c7cbfe
  7. #d2d5fe
  8. #dde0fe
  9. #e8eafe
  10. #f4f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e97fc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e97fc
  2. #8d95f0
  3. #8b92e3
  4. #8a90d7
  5. #888eca
  6. #878cbe
  7. #8689b2
  8. #8487a5
  9. #838599
  10. #81828c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #999ccb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #72a4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a9bfa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69acbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7e9ffe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a9afb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aa4d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e97fc {
  color: #8e97fc;
}
Background
.bg-8e97fc {
  background-color: #8e97fc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8e97fc {
  border: 2px solid #8e97fc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e97fc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 151 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 235 95% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e97fc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e97fc, #bc8efc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e97fc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 151 252 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.29 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.80 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.09 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.37 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 13.11 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 13.28 #716803 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8e97fc  rgb(142, 151, 252)  hsl(235, 95%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fcf38e  rgb(252, 243, 142)  hsl(55, 95%, 77%)  Pastel Yellow
#fc8e97  rgb(252, 142, 151)  hsl(355, 95%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#97fc8e  rgb(151, 252, 142)  hsl(115, 95%, 77%)  Mint Green