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#8EA3FA

#8ea3fa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea3fa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 63.92% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.2% cyan, 34.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 228.33°, 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 8.77:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.54.

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Relative luminance0.3885

Complementary

  1. #8ea3fa
  2. #fae58e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea3fa
  2. #faaf8e
  3. #d9fa8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed9fa
  2. #8ea3fa
  3. #af8efa

Triadic

  1. #8ea3fa
  2. #fa8ea3
  3. #a3fa8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea3fa
  2. #e58efa
  3. #fae58e
  4. #a3fa8e

Square

  1. #8ea3fa
  2. #fa8ed9
  3. #fae58e
  4. #8efaaf

Monochromatic

  1. #0a35e5
  2. #4567f7
  3. #8ea3fa
  4. #d7dffd
  5. #ebeffe

Shades

#8ea3fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea3fa
  2. #8093e1
  3. #7282c8
  4. #6372af
  5. #556296
  6. #47527d
  7. #394164
  8. #2b314b
  9. #1c2132
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea3fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea3fa
  2. #99acfb
  3. #a5b5fb
  4. #b0bffc
  5. #bbc8fc
  6. #c7d1fd
  7. #d2dafd
  8. #dde3fe
  9. #e8edfe
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea3fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea3fa
  2. #8da0ee
  3. #8b9ce2
  4. #8a99d5
  5. #8895c9
  6. #8792bd
  7. #868eb1
  8. #848ba5
  9. #838798
  10. #81848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea6ce ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #84acfe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ba3f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69b5c3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88a9fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83a3f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #79aedb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea3fa {
  color: #8ea3fa;
}
Background
.bg-8ea3fa {
  background-color: #8ea3fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea3fa {
  border: 2px solid #8ea3fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea3fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 163 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 92% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea3fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea3fa, #af8efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea3fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 163 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.95 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.27 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.53 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.19 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.54 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.91 #715c05 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea3fa  rgb(142, 163, 250)  hsl(228, 92%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fae58e  rgb(250, 229, 142)  hsl(48, 92%, 77%)  Buff
#fa8ea3  rgb(250, 142, 163)  hsl(348, 92%, 77%)  Salmon Pink
#a3fa8e  rgb(163, 250, 142)  hsl(108, 92%, 77%)  Pale Green