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#8FA4ED

#8fa4ed ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8fa4ed is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 64.31% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.66% cyan, 30.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 226.6°, with 72.31% saturation and 74.51% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.77.

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Relative luminance0.385

Complementary

  1. #8fa4ed
  2. #edd88f

Split complementary

  1. #8fa4ed
  2. #eda98f
  3. #d3ed8f

Analogous

  1. #8fd3ed
  2. #8fa4ed
  3. #a98fed

Triadic

  1. #8fa4ed
  2. #ed8fa4
  3. #a4ed8f

Tetradic

  1. #8fa4ed
  2. #d88fed
  3. #edd88f
  4. #a4ed8f

Square

  1. #8fa4ed
  2. #ed8fd3
  3. #edd88f
  4. #8feda9

Monochromatic

  1. #1f44c4
  2. #4d6ee2
  3. #8fa4ed
  4. #d1daf8
  5. #edf1fc

Shades

#8fa4ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fa4ed
  2. #8194d5
  3. #7283be
  4. #6473a6
  5. #56628e
  6. #485277
  7. #39425f
  8. #2b3147
  9. #1d212f
  10. #0e1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fa4ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fa4ed
  2. #9aadef
  3. #a5b6f1
  4. #b1bff2
  5. #bcc8f4
  6. #c7d2f6
  7. #d2dbf8
  8. #dde4fa
  9. #e9edfb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fa4ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fa4ed
  2. #8ea0e2
  3. #8c9dd7
  4. #8b99cc
  5. #8996c1
  6. #8892b7
  7. #868eac
  8. #858ba1
  9. #838796
  10. #82848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea6c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8babf0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #83a3eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71b3be ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8da8ef ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88a3ec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7eadd3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fa4ed {
  color: #8fa4ed;
}
Background
.bg-8fa4ed {
  background-color: #8fa4ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fa4ed {
  border: 2px solid #8fa4ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fa4ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 164 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 72% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fa4ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fa4ed, #a98fed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fa4ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 164 237 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.77 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.05 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.36 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.84 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.32 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.69 #705b12 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8fa4ed  rgb(143, 164, 237)  hsl(227, 72%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#edd88f  rgb(237, 216, 143)  hsl(47, 72%, 75%)  Buff
#ed8fa4  rgb(237, 143, 164)  hsl(347, 72%, 75%)  Flamingo Pink
#a4ed8f  rgb(164, 237, 143)  hsl(107, 72%, 75%)  Light Green