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#8EAAFA

#8eaafa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8eaafa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 66.67% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.2% cyan, 32% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 224.44°, with 91.53% saturation and 76.86% 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 9.28:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.85.

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Relative luminance0.414

Complementary

  1. #8eaafa
  2. #fade8e

Split complementary

  1. #8eaafa
  2. #faa88e
  3. #e0fa8e

Analogous

  1. #8ee0fa
  2. #8eaafa
  3. #a88efa

Triadic

  1. #8eaafa
  2. #fa8eaa
  3. #aafa8e

Tetradic

  1. #8eaafa
  2. #de8efa
  3. #fade8e
  4. #aafa8e

Square

  1. #8eaafa
  2. #fa8ee0
  3. #fade8e
  4. #8efaa8

Monochromatic

  1. #0a43e5
  2. #4573f7
  3. #8eaafa
  4. #d7e1fd
  5. #ebf0fe

Shades

#8eaafa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8eaafa
  2. #8099e1
  3. #7288c8
  4. #6377af
  5. #556696
  6. #47557d
  7. #394464
  8. #2b334b
  9. #1c2232
  10. #0e1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#8eaafa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8eaafa
  2. #99b3fb
  3. #a5bbfb
  4. #b0c4fc
  5. #bbccfc
  6. #c7d5fd
  7. #d2ddfd
  8. #dde6fe
  9. #e8eefe
  10. #f4f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8eaafa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8eaafa
  2. #8da6ee
  3. #8ba2e2
  4. #8a9dd5
  5. #8899c9
  6. #8795bd
  7. #8691b1
  8. #848da5
  9. #838898
  10. #81848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.26:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1abd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eb1fd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a8f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #68bbc7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eaefc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88a9f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #79b4dd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8eaafa {
  color: #8eaafa;
}
Background
.bg-8eaafa {
  background-color: #8eaafa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8eaafa {
  border: 2px solid #8eaafa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8eaafa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 170 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 92% 77%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8eaafa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8eaafa, #a88efa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8eaafa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 170 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.20 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.31 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.53 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.23 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.78 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.87 #715505 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8eaafa  rgb(142, 170, 250)  hsl(224, 92%, 77%)  Cornflower Blue
#fade8e  rgb(250, 222, 142)  hsl(44, 92%, 77%)  Jasmine
#fa8eaa  rgb(250, 142, 170)  hsl(344, 92%, 77%)  Flamingo Pink
#aafa8e  rgb(170, 250, 142)  hsl(104, 92%, 77%)  Pale Green