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#8EA0FA

#8ea0fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea0fa 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 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.2% cyan, 36% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 230°, with 91.53% saturation and 76.86% 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 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.57.

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Relative luminance0.3779

Complementary

  1. #8ea0fa
  2. #fae88e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea0fa
  2. #fab28e
  3. #d6fa8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed6fa
  2. #8ea0fa
  3. #b28efa

Triadic

  1. #8ea0fa
  2. #fa8ea0
  3. #a0fa8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea0fa
  2. #e88efa
  3. #fae88e
  4. #a0fa8e

Square

  1. #8ea0fa
  2. #fa8ed6
  3. #fae88e
  4. #8efab2

Monochromatic

  1. #0a2fe5
  2. #4562f7
  3. #8ea0fa
  4. #d7defd
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8ea0fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea0fa
  2. #8090e1
  3. #7280c8
  4. #6370af
  5. #556096
  6. #47507d
  7. #394064
  8. #2b304b
  9. #1c2032
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea0fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea0fa
  2. #99aafb
  3. #a5b3fb
  4. #b0bdfc
  5. #bbc6fc
  6. #c7d0fd
  7. #d2d9fd
  8. #dde3fe
  9. #e8ecfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea0fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea0fa
  2. #8d9dee
  3. #8b9ae2
  4. #8a96d5
  5. #8893c9
  6. #8790bd
  7. #868db1
  8. #848aa5
  9. #838698
  10. #81838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da3cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #80aafe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #77a1f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69b2c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86a6fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #81a1f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aabda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea0fa {
  color: #8ea0fa;
}
Background
.bg-8ea0fa {
  background-color: #8ea0fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea0fa {
  border: 2px solid #8ea0fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea0fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 160 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 230 92% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea0fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea0fa, #b28efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea0fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 160 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.57 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.29 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.35 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.77 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.67 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.92 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 13.06 #715f05 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea0fa  rgb(142, 160, 250)  hsl(230, 92%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fae88e  rgb(250, 232, 142)  hsl(50, 92%, 77%)  Khaki
#fa8ea0  rgb(250, 142, 160)  hsl(350, 92%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a0fa8e  rgb(160, 250, 142)  hsl(110, 92%, 77%)  Pale Green