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#8EA4CD

#8ea4cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ea4cd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 64.31% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.73% cyan, 20% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 219.05°, with 38.65% saturation and 68.04% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.93.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3671

Complementary

  1. #8ea4cd
  2. #cdb78e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea4cd
  2. #cd988e
  3. #c3cd8e

Analogous

  1. #8ec3cd
  2. #8ea4cd
  3. #988ecd

Triadic

  1. #8ea4cd
  2. #cd8ea4
  3. #a4cd8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea4cd
  2. #b78ecd
  3. #cdb78e
  4. #a4cd8e

Square

  1. #8ea4cd
  2. #cd8ec3
  3. #cdb78e
  4. #8ecd98

Monochromatic

  1. #3c5686
  2. #5979b6
  3. #8ea4cd
  4. #c3cfe4
  5. #f1f4f9

Shades

#8ea4cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea4cd
  2. #8094b9
  3. #7283a4
  4. #637390
  5. #55627b
  6. #475267
  7. #394252
  8. #2b313e
  9. #1c2129
  10. #0e1015
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea4cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea4cd
  2. #99add2
  3. #a5b6d7
  4. #b0bfdc
  5. #bbc8e1
  6. #c7d2e6
  7. #d2dbeb
  8. #dde4f0
  9. #e8edf5
  10. #f4f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea4cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea4cd
  2. #8da0c5
  3. #8b9dbe
  4. #8a99b6
  5. #8896ae
  6. #8792a7
  7. #868e9f
  8. #848b97
  9. #83878f
  10. #818488
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a3a3a3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ba4b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96a6cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #90a1cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7cacb2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93a5ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fa2cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84a9bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea4cd {
  color: #8ea4cd;
}
Background
.bg-8ea4cd {
  background-color: #8ea4cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea4cd {
  border: 2px solid #8ea4cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea4cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 164 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 39% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea4cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea4cd, #988ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea4cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 164 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.81 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.24 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.88 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.70 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.89 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.08 #715b32 Inverted #a3a3a3 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea4cd  rgb(142, 164, 205)  hsl(219, 39%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdb78e  rgb(205, 183, 142)  hsl(39, 39%, 68%)  Tan
#cd8ea4  rgb(205, 142, 164)  hsl(339, 39%, 68%)  Puce
#a4cd8e  rgb(164, 205, 142)  hsl(99, 39%, 68%)  Pistachio