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#8FA8DD

#8fa8dd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8fa8dd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 65.88% green and 86.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.29% cyan, 23.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 220.77°, with 53.42% saturation and 71.37% 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 8.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.04.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3907

Complementary

  1. #8fa8dd
  2. #ddc48f

Split complementary

  1. #8fa8dd
  2. #dd9d8f
  3. #cfdd8f

Analogous

  1. #8fcfdd
  2. #8fa8dd
  3. #9d8fdd

Triadic

  1. #8fa8dd
  2. #dd8fa8
  3. #a8dd8f

Tetradic

  1. #8fa8dd
  2. #c48fdd
  3. #ddc48f
  4. #a8dd8f

Square

  1. #8fa8dd
  2. #dd8fcf
  3. #ddc48f
  4. #8fdd9d

Monochromatic

  1. #3155a2
  2. #547acb
  3. #8fa8dd
  4. #cad6ef
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#8fa8dd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fa8dd
  2. #8197c7
  3. #7286b1
  4. #64769b
  5. #566585
  6. #48546f
  7. #394358
  8. #2b3242
  9. #1d222c
  10. #0e1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fa8dd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fa8dd
  2. #9ab1e0
  3. #a5b9e4
  4. #b1c2e7
  5. #bccbeb
  6. #c7d4ee
  7. #d2dcf1
  8. #dde5f5
  9. #e9eef8
  10. #f4f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fa8dd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fa8dd
  2. #8ea4d4
  3. #8ca0ca
  4. #8b9cc1
  5. #8998b8
  6. #8894af
  7. #8690a5
  8. #858c9c
  9. #838893
  10. #828489
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea8bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96acdf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8fa5dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #77b3ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93aade ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fa6dc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #81afc9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fa8dd {
  color: #8fa8dd;
}
Background
.bg-8fa8dd {
  background-color: #8fa8dd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fa8dd {
  border: 2px solid #8fa8dd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fa8dd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 168 221;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 53% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fa8dd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fa8dd, #9d8fdd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fa8dd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 168 221 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.04 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.69 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.25 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.56 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.61 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.89 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.15 #705722 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8fa8dd  rgb(143, 168, 221)  hsl(221, 53%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ddc48f  rgb(221, 196, 143)  hsl(41, 53%, 71%)  Burly Wood
#dd8fa8  rgb(221, 143, 168)  hsl(341, 53%, 71%)  Puce
#a8dd8f  rgb(168, 221, 143)  hsl(101, 53%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple