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#8EA6FF

#8ea6ff ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea6ff is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 65.1% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.31% cyan, 34.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 227.26°, with 100% saturation and 77.84% 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 9.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.68.

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Relative luminance0.4024

Complementary

  1. #8ea6ff
  2. #ffe78e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea6ff
  2. #ffae8e
  3. #deff8e

Analogous

  1. #8edeff
  2. #8ea6ff
  3. #ae8eff

Triadic

  1. #8ea6ff
  2. #ff8ea6
  3. #a6ff8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea6ff
  2. #e78eff
  3. #ffe78e
  4. #a6ff8e

Square

  1. #8ea6ff
  2. #ff8ede
  3. #ffe78e
  4. #8effae

Monochromatic

  1. #0034f4
  2. #416aff
  3. #8ea6ff
  4. #dae2ff
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#8ea6ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea6ff
  2. #8095e6
  3. #7285cc
  4. #6374b3
  5. #556499
  6. #475380
  7. #394266
  8. #2b324d
  9. #1c2133
  10. #0e111a
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea6ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea6ff
  2. #99afff
  3. #a5b8ff
  4. #b0c1ff
  5. #bbcaff
  6. #c7d3ff
  7. #d2dbff
  8. #dde4ff
  9. #e8edff
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea6ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea6ff
  2. #8da2f2
  3. #8b9ee6
  4. #8a9bd9
  5. #8897cc
  6. #8793c0
  7. #868fb3
  8. #848ba6
  9. #838899
  10. #81848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0a8d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #86afff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ba6fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #66b8c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89acff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83a6fe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #78b1df ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea6ff {
  color: #8ea6ff;
}
Background
.bg-8ea6ff {
  background-color: #8ea6ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea6ff {
  border: 2px solid #8ea6ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea6ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 166 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 100% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea6ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea6ff, #ae8eff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea6ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 166 255 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.68 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.74 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.44 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.86 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.86 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.35 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.81 #715900 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea6ff  rgb(142, 166, 255)  hsl(227, 100%, 78%)  Cornflower Blue
#ffe78e  rgb(255, 231, 142)  hsl(47, 100%, 78%)  Jasmine
#ff8ea6  rgb(255, 142, 166)  hsl(347, 100%, 78%)  Salmon Pink
#a6ff8e  rgb(166, 255, 142)  hsl(107, 100%, 78%)  Mint Green