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#8EA0F9

#8ea0f9 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea0f9 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 62.75% green and 97.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.97% cyan, 35.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.35% black. Its hue angle is 229.91°, with 89.92% saturation and 76.67% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.57.

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Relative luminance0.3773

Complementary

  1. #8ea0f9
  2. #f9e78e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea0f9
  2. #f9b28e
  3. #d6f98e

Analogous

  1. #8ed6f9
  2. #8ea0f9
  3. #b28ef9

Triadic

  1. #8ea0f9
  2. #f98ea0
  3. #a0f98e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea0f9
  2. #e78ef9
  3. #f9e78e
  4. #a0f98e

Square

  1. #8ea0f9
  2. #f98ed6
  3. #f9e78e
  4. #8ef9b2

Monochromatic

  1. #0c30e2
  2. #4563f5
  3. #8ea0f9
  4. #d7ddfd
  5. #eceffe

Shades

#8ea0f9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea0f9
  2. #8090e0
  3. #7280c7
  4. #6370ae
  5. #556095
  6. #47507d
  7. #394064
  8. #2b304b
  9. #1c2032
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea0f9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea0f9
  2. #99aafa
  3. #a5b3fa
  4. #b0bdfb
  5. #bbc6fb
  6. #c7d0fc
  7. #d2d9fd
  8. #dde3fd
  9. #e8ecfe
  10. #f4f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea0f9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea0f9
  2. #8d9ded
  3. #8b9ae1
  4. #8a96d5
  5. #8893c9
  6. #8790bd
  7. #868db0
  8. #848aa4
  9. #838698
  10. #81838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca3cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80aafd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #77a1f7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ab2c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86a6fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #81a1f8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aabda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea0f9 {
  color: #8ea0f9;
}
Background
.bg-8ea0f9 {
  background-color: #8ea0f9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea0f9 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea0f9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea0f9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 160 249;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 90% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea0f9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea0f9, #b28ef9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea0f9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 160 249 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.57 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.28 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.34 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.68 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.65 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.90 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 13.00 #715f06 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea0f9  rgb(142, 160, 249)  hsl(230, 90%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#f9e78e  rgb(249, 231, 142)  hsl(50, 90%, 77%)  Khaki
#f98ea0  rgb(249, 142, 160)  hsl(350, 90%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a0f98e  rgb(160, 249, 142)  hsl(110, 90%, 77%)  Pale Green