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#8EA5D7

#8ea5d7 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea5d7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 64.71% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.95% cyan, 23.26% magenta, 0% yellow and 15.69% black. Its hue angle is 221.1°, with 47.71% saturation and 70% 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 8.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 5.65.

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Relative luminance0.3757

Complementary

  1. #8ea5d7
  2. #d7c08e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea5d7
  2. #d79c8e
  3. #c9d78e

Analogous

  1. #8ec9d7
  2. #8ea5d7
  3. #9c8ed7

Triadic

  1. #8ea5d7
  2. #d78ea5
  3. #a5d78e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea5d7
  2. #c08ed7
  3. #d7c08e
  4. #a5d78e

Square

  1. #8ea5d7
  2. #d78ec9
  3. #d7c08e
  4. #8ed79c

Monochromatic

  1. #355497
  2. #5678c3
  3. #8ea5d7
  4. #c7d2eb
  5. #f0f3fa

Shades

#8ea5d7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea5d7
  2. #8095c2
  3. #7284ac
  4. #637497
  5. #556381
  6. #47536c
  7. #394256
  8. #2b3241
  9. #1c212b
  10. #0e1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea5d7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea5d7
  2. #99aedb
  3. #a5b7df
  4. #b0c0e3
  5. #bbc9e7
  6. #c7d2eb
  7. #d2dbef
  8. #dde4f3
  9. #e8edf7
  10. #f4f6fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea5d7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea5d7
  2. #8da1ce
  3. #8b9ec6
  4. #8a9abd
  5. #8896b4
  6. #8793ac
  7. #868fa3
  8. #848b9a
  9. #838791
  10. #818489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca5bb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94a9d9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8da2d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #78afb6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a7d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ea3d6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #82abc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea5d7 {
  color: #8ea5d7;
}
Background
.bg-8ea5d7 {
  background-color: #8ea5d7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea5d7 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea5d7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea5d7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 165 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 48% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea5d7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea5d7, #9c8ed7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea5d7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 165 215 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 5.65 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.94 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.28 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.49 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 9.75 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.09 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.28 #715a28 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea5d7  rgb(142, 165, 215)  hsl(221, 48%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#d7c08e  rgb(215, 192, 142)  hsl(41, 48%, 70%)  Ecru
#d78ea5  rgb(215, 142, 165)  hsl(341, 48%, 70%)  Puce
#a5d78e  rgb(165, 215, 142)  hsl(101, 48%, 70%)  Granny Smith Apple