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#8EA9F7

#8ea9f7 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea9f7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 66.27% green and 96.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.51% cyan, 31.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.14% black. Its hue angle is 224.57°, with 86.78% saturation and 76.27% 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 9.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.74.

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Relative luminance0.4084

Complementary

  1. #8ea9f7
  2. #f7dc8e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea9f7
  2. #f7a78e
  3. #ddf78e

Analogous

  1. #8eddf7
  2. #8ea9f7
  3. #a78ef7

Triadic

  1. #8ea9f7
  2. #f78ea9
  3. #a9f78e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea9f7
  2. #dc8ef7
  3. #f7dc8e
  4. #a9f78e

Square

  1. #8ea9f7
  2. #f78edd
  3. #f7dc8e
  4. #8ef7a7

Monochromatic

  1. #1044dc
  2. #4773f2
  3. #8ea9f7
  4. #d5dffc
  5. #ecf1fe

Shades

#8ea9f7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea9f7
  2. #8098de
  3. #7287c6
  4. #6376ad
  5. #556594
  6. #47557c
  7. #394463
  8. #2b334a
  9. #1c2231
  10. #0e1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea9f7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea9f7
  2. #99b2f8
  3. #a5baf9
  4. #b0c3f9
  5. #bbcbfa
  6. #c7d4fb
  7. #d2ddfc
  8. #dde5fd
  9. #e8eefd
  10. #f4f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea9f7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea9f7
  2. #8da5eb
  3. #8ba1df
  4. #8a9dd3
  5. #8899c7
  6. #8795bc
  7. #8690b0
  8. #848ca4
  9. #838898
  10. #81848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0aace ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8db0fa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a7f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ab9c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eadf9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88a8f6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ab3db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea9f7 {
  color: #8ea9f7;
}
Background
.bg-8ea9f7 {
  background-color: #8ea9f7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea9f7 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea9f7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea9f7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 169 247;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 87% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea9f7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea9f7, #a78ef7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea9f7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 169 247 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.74 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.18 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.40 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.29 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.76 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.12 #715608 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea9f7  rgb(142, 169, 247)  hsl(225, 87%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#f7dc8e  rgb(247, 220, 142)  hsl(45, 87%, 76%)  Jasmine
#f78ea9  rgb(247, 142, 169)  hsl(345, 87%, 76%)  Flamingo Pink
#a9f78e  rgb(169, 247, 142)  hsl(105, 87%, 76%)  Pale Green