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#8EA2DD

#8ea2dd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea2dd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 63.53% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.75% cyan, 26.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 224.81°, with 53.74% saturation and 71.18% 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 8.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.59.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3681

Complementary

  1. #8ea2dd
  2. #ddc98e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea2dd
  2. #dda28e
  3. #cadd8e

Analogous

  1. #8ecadd
  2. #8ea2dd
  3. #a28edd

Triadic

  1. #8ea2dd
  2. #dd8ea2
  3. #a2dd8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea2dd
  2. #c98edd
  3. #ddc98e
  4. #a2dd8e

Square

  1. #8ea2dd
  2. #dd8eca
  3. #ddc98e
  4. #8edda2

Monochromatic

  1. #314da1
  2. #5372cb
  3. #8ea2dd
  4. #c9d2ef
  5. #eff2fa

Shades

#8ea2dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea2dd
  2. #8092c7
  3. #7282b1
  4. #63719b
  5. #556185
  6. #47516f
  7. #394158
  8. #2b3142
  9. #1c202c
  10. #0e1016
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea2dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea2dd
  2. #99abe0
  3. #a5b5e4
  4. #b0bee7
  5. #bbc7eb
  6. #c7d1ee
  7. #d2daf1
  8. #dde3f5
  9. #e8ecf8
  10. #f4f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea2dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea2dd
  2. #8d9fd4
  3. #8b9bca
  4. #8a98c1
  5. #8894b8
  6. #8791af
  7. #868ea5
  8. #848a9c
  9. #838793
  10. #818389
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.51:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ba3bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa7e0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88a0dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76aeb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ea5df ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8aa1dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #81a9c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea2dd {
  color: #8ea2dd;
}
Background
.bg-8ea2dd {
  background-color: #8ea2dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea2dd {
  border: 2px solid #8ea2dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea2dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 162 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 54% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea2dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea2dd, #a28edd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea2dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 162 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.59 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.11 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.81 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.42 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.39 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.09 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.06 #715d22 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea2dd  rgb(142, 162, 221)  hsl(225, 54%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ddc98e  rgb(221, 201, 142)  hsl(45, 54%, 71%)  Ecru
#dd8ea2  rgb(221, 142, 162)  hsl(345, 54%, 71%)  Puce
#a2dd8e  rgb(162, 221, 142)  hsl(105, 54%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple