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#8E9AFB

#8e9afb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8e9afb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 60.39% green and 98.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.43% cyan, 38.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 233.39°, with 93.16% saturation and 77.06% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.96.

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Relative luminance0.3583

Complementary

  1. #8e9afb
  2. #fbef8e

Split complementary

  1. #8e9afb
  2. #fbb88e
  3. #d1fb8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed1fb
  2. #8e9afb
  3. #b88efb

Triadic

  1. #8e9afb
  2. #fb8e9a
  3. #9afb8e

Tetradic

  1. #8e9afb
  2. #ef8efb
  3. #fbef8e
  4. #9afb8e

Square

  1. #8e9afb
  2. #fb8ed1
  3. #fbef8e
  4. #8efbb8

Monochromatic

  1. #0821e8
  2. #4458f8
  3. #8e9afb
  4. #d8dcfe
  5. #ebedfe

Shades

#8e9afb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e9afb
  2. #808be2
  3. #727bc9
  4. #636cb0
  5. #555c97
  6. #474d7e
  7. #393e64
  8. #2b2e4b
  9. #1c1f32
  10. #0e0f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e9afb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e9afb
  2. #99a4fb
  3. #a5aefc
  4. #b0b8fc
  5. #bbc2fd
  6. #c7cdfd
  7. #d2d7fd
  8. #dde1fe
  9. #e8ebfe
  10. #f4f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e9afb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e9afb
  2. #8d97ef
  3. #8b95e2
  4. #8a92d6
  5. #8890ca
  6. #878dbe
  7. #868ab1
  8. #8488a5
  9. #838599
  10. #81838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a9ecc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #77a6ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6f9df9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69aebe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81a1fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c9cfa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aa6d9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e9afb {
  color: #8e9afb;
}
Background
.bg-8e9afb {
  background-color: #8e9afb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8e9afb {
  border: 2px solid #8e9afb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e9afb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 154 251;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 93% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e9afb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e9afb, #b88efb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e9afb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 154 251 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.96 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.61 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.28 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.56 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.52 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 12.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 13.59 #716504 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8e9afb  rgb(142, 154, 251)  hsl(233, 93%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fbef8e  rgb(251, 239, 142)  hsl(53, 93%, 77%)  Khaki
#fb8e9a  rgb(251, 142, 154)  hsl(353, 93%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#9afb8e  rgb(154, 251, 142)  hsl(113, 93%, 77%)  Mint Green