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#8EA1FA

#8ea1fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea1fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 63.14% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.2% cyan, 35.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 229.44°, 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 8.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.55.

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Relative luminance0.3814

Complementary

  1. #8ea1fa
  2. #fae78e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea1fa
  2. #fab18e
  3. #d7fa8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed7fa
  2. #8ea1fa
  3. #b18efa

Triadic

  1. #8ea1fa
  2. #fa8ea1
  3. #a1fa8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea1fa
  2. #e78efa
  3. #fae78e
  4. #a1fa8e

Square

  1. #8ea1fa
  2. #fa8ed7
  3. #fae78e
  4. #8efab1

Monochromatic

  1. #0a31e5
  2. #4564f7
  3. #8ea1fa
  4. #d7defd
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8ea1fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea1fa
  2. #8091e1
  3. #7281c8
  4. #6371af
  5. #556196
  6. #47517d
  7. #394064
  8. #2b304b
  9. #1c2032
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea1fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea1fa
  2. #99aafb
  3. #a5b4fb
  4. #b0bdfc
  5. #bbc7fc
  6. #c7d0fd
  7. #d2d9fd
  8. #dde3fe
  9. #e8ecfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea1fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea1fa
  2. #8d9eee
  3. #8b9ae2
  4. #8a97d5
  5. #8894c9
  6. #8791bd
  7. #868db1
  8. #848aa5
  9. #838798
  10. #81838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da4cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #81abfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #78a2f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69b3c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #87a7fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #81a2f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aacdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea1fa {
  color: #8ea1fa;
}
Background
.bg-8ea1fa {
  background-color: #8ea1fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea1fa {
  border: 2px solid #8ea1fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea1fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 161 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 92% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea1fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea1fa, #b18efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea1fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 161 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.55 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.21 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.28 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.69 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.51 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 13.02 #715e05 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea1fa  rgb(142, 161, 250)  hsl(229, 92%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fae78e  rgb(250, 231, 142)  hsl(49, 92%, 77%)  Buff
#fa8ea1  rgb(250, 142, 161)  hsl(349, 92%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a1fa8e  rgb(161, 250, 142)  hsl(109, 92%, 77%)  Pale Green