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#8FA2F0

#8fa2f0 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8fa2f0 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 63.53% green and 94.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.42% cyan, 32.5% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.88% black. Its hue angle is 228.25°, with 76.38% saturation and 75.1% 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 8.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.75.

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Relative luminance0.3797

Complementary

  1. #8fa2f0
  2. #f0dd8f

Split complementary

  1. #8fa2f0
  2. #f0ad8f
  3. #d2f08f

Analogous

  1. #8fd2f0
  2. #8fa2f0
  3. #ad8ff0

Triadic

  1. #8fa2f0
  2. #f08fa2
  3. #a2f08f

Tetradic

  1. #8fa2f0
  2. #dd8ff0
  3. #f0dd8f
  4. #a2f08f

Square

  1. #8fa2f0
  2. #f08fd2
  3. #f0dd8f
  4. #8ff0ad

Monochromatic

  1. #1b3ecb
  2. #4c6ae7
  3. #8fa2f0
  4. #d2daf9
  5. #edf0fd

Shades

#8fa2f0 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fa2f0
  2. #8192d8
  3. #7282c0
  4. #6471a8
  5. #566190
  6. #485178
  7. #394160
  8. #2b3148
  9. #1d2030
  10. #0e1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fa2f0 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fa2f0
  2. #9aabf2
  3. #a5b5f3
  4. #b1bef5
  5. #bcc7f6
  6. #c7d1f8
  7. #d2daf9
  8. #dde3fb
  9. #e9ecfc
  10. #f4f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fa2f0 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fa2f0
  2. #8e9fe5
  3. #8c9bda
  4. #8b98ce
  5. #8994c3
  6. #8891b8
  7. #868ead
  8. #858aa2
  9. #838796
  10. #82838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da4c8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #87aaf3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7fa2ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #70b2be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8aa7f2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86a2ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7dacd4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fa2f0 {
  color: #8fa2f0;
}
Background
.bg-8fa2f0 {
  background-color: #8fa2f0;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fa2f0 {
  border: 2px solid #8fa2f0;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fa2f0;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 162 240;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 76% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fa2f0 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fa2f0, #ad8ff0);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fa2f0 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 162 240 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.75 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.53 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.11 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.37 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.20 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.67 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 12.89 #705d0f Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8fa2f0  rgb(143, 162, 240)  hsl(228, 76%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#f0dd8f  rgb(240, 221, 143)  hsl(48, 76%, 75%)  Buff
#f08fa2  rgb(240, 143, 162)  hsl(348, 76%, 75%)  Salmon Pink
#a2f08f  rgb(162, 240, 143)  hsl(108, 76%, 75%)  Light Green