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#8EA1C8

#8ea1c8 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ea1c8 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 63.14% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 29% cyan, 19.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 220.34°, with 34.52% saturation and 67.06% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.8.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3541

Complementary

  1. #8ea1c8
  2. #c8b58e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea1c8
  2. #c8988e
  3. #bec88e

Analogous

  1. #8ebec8
  2. #8ea1c8
  3. #988ec8

Triadic

  1. #8ea1c8
  2. #c88ea1
  3. #a1c88e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea1c8
  2. #b58ec8
  3. #c8b58e
  4. #a1c88e

Square

  1. #8ea1c8
  2. #c88ebe
  3. #c8b58e
  4. #8ec898

Monochromatic

  1. #3e537f
  2. #5b76af
  3. #8ea1c8
  4. #c1cce1
  5. #f1f4f8

Shades

#8ea1c8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea1c8
  2. #8091b4
  3. #7281a0
  4. #63718c
  5. #556178
  6. #475164
  7. #394050
  8. #2b303c
  9. #1c2028
  10. #0e1014
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea1c8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea1c8
  2. #99aace
  3. #a5b4d3
  4. #b0bdd9
  5. #bbc7de
  6. #c7d0e4
  7. #d2d9e9
  8. #dde3ef
  9. #e8ecf4
  10. #f4f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea1c8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea1c8
  2. #8d9ec1
  3. #8b9aba
  4. #8a97b2
  5. #8894ab
  6. #8791a4
  7. #868d9d
  8. #848a96
  9. #83878e
  10. #818387
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99a1b2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94a3ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f9ec7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7ea9ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a2c9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8f9fc7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #85a6b9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea1c8 {
  color: #8ea1c8;
}
Background
.bg-8ea1c8 {
  background-color: #8ea1c8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea1c8 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea1c8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea1c8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 161 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 35% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea1c8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea1c8, #988ec8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea1c8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 161 200 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.80 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 6.98 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.69 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.51 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.38 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.39 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.48 #715e37 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea1c8  rgb(142, 161, 200)  hsl(220, 35%, 67%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#c8b58e  rgb(200, 181, 142)  hsl(40, 35%, 67%)  Ecru
#c88ea1  rgb(200, 142, 161)  hsl(340, 35%, 67%)  Puce
#a1c88e  rgb(161, 200, 142)  hsl(100, 35%, 67%)  Dark Sea Green