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#8EA2ED

#8ea2ed ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea2ed 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 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.08% cyan, 31.65% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 227.37°, with 72.52% saturation and 74.31% 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 8.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.58.

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Relative luminance0.3771

Complementary

  1. #8ea2ed
  2. #edd98e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea2ed
  2. #eda98e
  3. #d1ed8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed1ed
  2. #8ea2ed
  3. #a98eed

Triadic

  1. #8ea2ed
  2. #ed8ea2
  3. #a2ed8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea2ed
  2. #d98eed
  3. #edd98e
  4. #a2ed8e

Square

  1. #8ea2ed
  2. #ed8ed1
  3. #edd98e
  4. #8eeda9

Monochromatic

  1. #1f42c3
  2. #4c6ce2
  3. #8ea2ed
  4. #d0d8f8
  5. #edf1fc

Shades

#8ea2ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea2ed
  2. #8092d5
  3. #7282be
  4. #6371a6
  5. #55618e
  6. #475177
  7. #39415f
  8. #2b3147
  9. #1c202f
  10. #0e1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea2ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea2ed
  2. #99abef
  3. #a5b5f1
  4. #b0bef2
  5. #bbc7f4
  6. #c7d1f6
  7. #d2daf8
  8. #dde3fa
  9. #e8ecfb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea2ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea2ed
  2. #8d9fe2
  3. #8b9bd7
  4. #8a98cc
  5. #8894c1
  6. #8791b7
  7. #868eac
  8. #848aa1
  9. #838796
  10. #81838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca4c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88a9f0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #80a2eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6fb1bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba7ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86a2ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7dabd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea2ed {
  color: #8ea2ed;
}
Background
.bg-8ea2ed {
  background-color: #8ea2ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea2ed {
  border: 2px solid #8ea2ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea2ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 162 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 73% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea2ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea2ed, #a98eed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea2ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 162 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.58 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.16 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.22 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.40 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.62 #715d12 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea2ed  rgb(142, 162, 237)  hsl(227, 73%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#edd98e  rgb(237, 217, 142)  hsl(47, 73%, 74%)  Buff
#ed8ea2  rgb(237, 142, 162)  hsl(347, 73%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a2ed8e  rgb(162, 237, 142)  hsl(107, 73%, 74%)  Light Green