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#8EA2F6

#8ea2f6 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea2f6 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 96.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.28% cyan, 34.15% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.53% black. Its hue angle is 228.46°, with 85.25% saturation and 76.08% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.51.

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Relative luminance0.3825

Complementary

  1. #8ea2f6
  2. #f6e28e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea2f6
  2. #f6ae8e
  3. #d6f68e

Analogous

  1. #8ed6f6
  2. #8ea2f6
  3. #ae8ef6

Triadic

  1. #8ea2f6
  2. #f68ea2
  3. #a2f68e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea2f6
  2. #e28ef6
  3. #f6e28e
  4. #a2f68e

Square

  1. #8ea2f6
  2. #f68ed6
  3. #f6e28e
  4. #8ef6ae

Monochromatic

  1. #1138da
  2. #4768f0
  3. #8ea2f6
  4. #d5dcfc
  5. #eceffd

Shades

#8ea2f6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea2f6
  2. #8092dd
  3. #7282c5
  4. #6371ac
  5. #556194
  6. #47517b
  7. #394162
  8. #2b314a
  9. #1c2031
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea2f6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea2f6
  2. #99abf7
  3. #a5b5f8
  4. #b0bef9
  5. #bbc7fa
  6. #c7d1fb
  7. #d2dafb
  8. #dde3fc
  9. #e8ecfd
  10. #f4f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea2f6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea2f6
  2. #8d9fea
  3. #8b9bde
  4. #8a98d3
  5. #8894c7
  6. #8791bb
  7. #868eaf
  8. #848aa3
  9. #838798
  10. #81838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da5cb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #85abf9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ca2f4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6bb3c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88a7f8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83a2f5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7bacd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea2f6 {
  color: #8ea2f6;
}
Background
.bg-8ea2f6 {
  background-color: #8ea2f6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea2f6 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea2f6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea2f6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 162 246;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 85% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea2f6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea2f6, #ae8ef6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea2f6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 162 246 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.51 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.21 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.30 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.57 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.97 #715d09 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea2f6  rgb(142, 162, 246)  hsl(228, 85%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#f6e28e  rgb(246, 226, 142)  hsl(48, 85%, 76%)  Buff
#f68ea2  rgb(246, 142, 162)  hsl(348, 85%, 76%)  Salmon Pink
#a2f68e  rgb(162, 246, 142)  hsl(108, 85%, 76%)  Pale Green