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#8EA2EF

#8ea2ef ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea2ef 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 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.59% cyan, 32.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 227.63°, with 75.19% saturation and 74.71% 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 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.55.

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Relative luminance0.3782

Complementary

  1. #8ea2ef
  2. #efdb8e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea2ef
  2. #efab8e
  3. #d3ef8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed3ef
  2. #8ea2ef
  3. #ab8eef

Triadic

  1. #8ea2ef
  2. #ef8ea2
  3. #a2ef8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea2ef
  2. #db8eef
  3. #efdb8e
  4. #a2ef8e

Square

  1. #8ea2ef
  2. #ef8ed3
  3. #efdb8e
  4. #8eefab

Monochromatic

  1. #1c40c8
  2. #4b6be6
  3. #8ea2ef
  4. #d1d9f8
  5. #edf0fc

Shades

#8ea2ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea2ef
  2. #8092d7
  3. #7282bf
  4. #6371a7
  5. #55618f
  6. #475178
  7. #394160
  8. #2b3148
  9. #1c2030
  10. #0e1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea2ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea2ef
  2. #99abf1
  3. #a5b5f2
  4. #b0bef4
  5. #bbc7f5
  6. #c7d1f7
  7. #d2daf9
  8. #dde3fa
  9. #e8ecfc
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea2ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea2ef
  2. #8d9fe4
  3. #8b9bd9
  4. #8a98ce
  5. #8894c3
  6. #8791b8
  7. #868eac
  8. #848aa1
  9. #838796
  10. #81838b
  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 #9da4c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #88aaf2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa2ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6fb2be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa7f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #85a2ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7cacd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea2ef {
  color: #8ea2ef;
}
Background
.bg-8ea2ef {
  background-color: #8ea2ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea2ef {
  border: 2px solid #8ea2ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea2ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 162 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 75% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea2ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea2ef, #ab8eef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea2ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 162 239 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.55 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.92 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.16 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.23 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.44 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.74 #715d10 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea2ef  rgb(142, 162, 239)  hsl(228, 75%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#efdb8e  rgb(239, 219, 142)  hsl(48, 75%, 75%)  Buff
#ef8ea2  rgb(239, 142, 162)  hsl(348, 75%, 75%)  Salmon Pink
#a2ef8e  rgb(162, 239, 142)  hsl(108, 75%, 75%)  Light Green