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#8FA7F7

#8fa7f7 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8fa7f7 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 65.49% green and 96.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.11% cyan, 32.39% magenta, 0% yellow and 3.14% black. Its hue angle is 226.15°, with 86.67% saturation and 76.47% 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.79.

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Relative luminance0.4019

Complementary

  1. #8fa7f7
  2. #f7df8f

Split complementary

  1. #8fa7f7
  2. #f7ab8f
  3. #dbf78f

Analogous

  1. #8fdbf7
  2. #8fa7f7
  3. #ab8ff7

Triadic

  1. #8fa7f7
  2. #f78fa7
  3. #a7f78f

Tetradic

  1. #8fa7f7
  2. #df8ff7
  3. #f7df8f
  4. #a7f78f

Square

  1. #8fa7f7
  2. #f78fdb
  3. #f7df8f
  4. #8ff7ab

Monochromatic

  1. #103fdd
  2. #486ff2
  3. #8fa7f7
  4. #d6dffc
  5. #ecf0fe

Shades

#8fa7f7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fa7f7
  2. #8196de
  3. #7286c6
  4. #6475ad
  5. #566494
  6. #48547c
  7. #394363
  8. #2b324a
  9. #1d2131
  10. #0e1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fa7f7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fa7f7
  2. #9ab0f8
  3. #a5b9f9
  4. #b1c1f9
  5. #bccafa
  6. #c7d3fb
  7. #d2dcfc
  8. #dde5fd
  9. #e9edfd
  10. #f4f6fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fa7f7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fa7f7
  2. #8ea3eb
  3. #8c9fdf
  4. #8b9bd3
  5. #8997c7
  6. #8894bc
  7. #8690b0
  8. #858ca4
  9. #838898
  10. #82848c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a0a9cd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8baffa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #82a6f5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6cb7c4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8dacf9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87a6f6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7bb1da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fa7f7 {
  color: #8fa7f7;
}
Background
.bg-8fa7f7 {
  background-color: #8fa7f7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fa7f7 {
  border: 2px solid #8fa7f7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fa7f7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 167 247;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 87% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fa7f7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fa7f7, #ab8ff7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fa7f7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 167 247 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.79 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.56 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.94 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.48 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.51 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.18 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.87 #705808 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8fa7f7  rgb(143, 167, 247)  hsl(226, 87%, 76%)  Cornflower Blue
#f7df8f  rgb(247, 223, 143)  hsl(46, 87%, 76%)  Buff
#f78fa7  rgb(247, 143, 167)  hsl(346, 87%, 76%)  Flamingo Pink
#a7f78f  rgb(167, 247, 143)  hsl(106, 87%, 76%)  Pale Green