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#8EAADC

#8eaadc ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8eaadc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 66.67% green and 86.27% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.45% cyan, 22.73% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 218.46°, with 52.7% saturation and 70.98% 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 8.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.23.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3967

Complementary

  1. #8eaadc
  2. #dcc08e

Split complementary

  1. #8eaadc
  2. #dc998e
  3. #d1dc8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed1dc
  2. #8eaadc
  3. #998edc

Triadic

  1. #8eaadc
  2. #dc8eaa
  3. #aadc8e

Tetradic

  1. #8eaadc
  2. #c08edc
  3. #dcc08e
  4. #aadc8e

Square

  1. #8eaadc
  2. #dc8ed1
  3. #dcc08e
  4. #8edc99

Monochromatic

  1. #3159a0
  2. #547eca
  3. #8eaadc
  4. #c8d6ee
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#8eaadc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eaadc
  2. #8099c6
  3. #7288b0
  4. #63779a
  5. #556684
  6. #47556e
  7. #394458
  8. #2b3342
  9. #1c222c
  10. #0e1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eaadc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eaadc
  2. #99b3e0
  3. #a5bbe3
  4. #b0c4e7
  5. #bbccea
  6. #c7d5ee
  7. #d2ddf1
  8. #dde6f5
  9. #e8eef8
  10. #f4f7fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eaadc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eaadc
  2. #8da6d3
  3. #8ba2ca
  4. #8a9dc0
  5. #8899b7
  6. #8795ae
  7. #8691a5
  8. #848d9c
  9. #838892
  10. #818489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa9c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #99adde ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91a6db ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #76b4bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95acdd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90a7db ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #80b0c9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eaadc {
  color: #8eaadc;
}
Background
.bg-8eaadc {
  background-color: #8eaadc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eaadc {
  border: 2px solid #8eaadc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eaadc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 170 220;
  --color-primary-hsl: 218 53% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eaadc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eaadc, #998edc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eaadc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 170 220 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.92 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.15 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.43 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.42 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.18 #715523 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8eaadc  rgb(142, 170, 220)  hsl(218, 53%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dcc08e  rgb(220, 192, 142)  hsl(38, 53%, 71%)  Burly Wood
#dc8eaa  rgb(220, 142, 170)  hsl(338, 53%, 71%)  Puce
#aadc8e  rgb(170, 220, 142)  hsl(98, 53%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple