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#8FA3FD

#8fa3fd ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8fa3fd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 63.92% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.48% cyan, 35.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 229.09°, with 96.49% saturation and 77.65% 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 8.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.76.

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Relative luminance0.3913

Complementary

  1. #8fa3fd
  2. #fde98f

Split complementary

  1. #8fa3fd
  2. #fdb28f
  3. #dafd8f

Analogous

  1. #8fdafd
  2. #8fa3fd
  3. #b28ffd

Triadic

  1. #8fa3fd
  2. #fd8fa3
  3. #a3fd8f

Tetradic

  1. #8fa3fd
  2. #e98ffd
  3. #fde98f
  4. #a3fd8f

Square

  1. #8fa3fd
  2. #fd8fda
  3. #fde98f
  4. #8ffdb2

Monochromatic

  1. #042fef
  2. #4465fc
  3. #8fa3fd
  4. #dae1fe
  5. #ebefff

Shades

#8fa3fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fa3fd
  2. #8193e4
  3. #7282ca
  4. #6472b1
  5. #566298
  6. #48527f
  7. #394165
  8. #2b314c
  9. #1d2133
  10. #0e1019
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fa3fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fa3fd
  2. #9aacfd
  3. #a5b5fd
  4. #b1bffe
  5. #bcc8fe
  6. #c7d1fe
  7. #d2dafe
  8. #dde3fe
  9. #e9edff
  10. #f4f6ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fa3fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fa3fd
  2. #8ea0f1
  3. #8c9ce4
  4. #8b99d8
  5. #8995cb
  6. #8892bf
  7. #868eb2
  8. #858ba6
  9. #838799
  10. #82848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa6d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83adff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #79a4fb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69b5c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #88a9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #83a3fc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7aaedd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fa3fd {
  color: #8fa3fd;
}
Background
.bg-8fa3fd {
  background-color: #8fa3fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fa3fd {
  border: 2px solid #8fa3fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fa3fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 163 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 96% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fa3fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fa3fd, #b28ffd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fa3fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 163 253 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.76 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.17 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.51 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.74 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.19 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.79 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 13.12 #705c02 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8fa3fd  rgb(143, 163, 253)  hsl(229, 96%, 78%)  Cornflower Blue
#fde98f  rgb(253, 233, 143)  hsl(49, 96%, 78%)  Buff
#fd8fa3  rgb(253, 143, 163)  hsl(349, 96%, 78%)  Salmon Pink
#a3fd8f  rgb(163, 253, 143)  hsl(109, 96%, 78%)  Mint Green