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#8FA8DF

#8fa8df ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8fa8df 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 87.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.87% cyan, 24.66% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 221.25°, with 55.56% saturation and 71.76% 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 8.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.26.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3917

Complementary

  1. #8fa8df
  2. #dfc68f

Split complementary

  1. #8fa8df
  2. #df9e8f
  3. #d0df8f

Analogous

  1. #8fd0df
  2. #8fa8df
  3. #9e8fdf

Triadic

  1. #8fa8df
  2. #df8fa8
  3. #a8df8f

Tetradic

  1. #8fa8df
  2. #c68fdf
  3. #dfc68f
  4. #a8df8f

Square

  1. #8fa8df
  2. #df8fd0
  3. #dfc68f
  4. #8fdf9e

Monochromatic

  1. #2f54a6
  2. #537ace
  3. #8fa8df
  4. #cad6f0
  5. #eff3fa

Shades

#8fa8df mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8fa8df
  2. #8197c9
  3. #7286b2
  4. #64769c
  5. #566586
  6. #485470
  7. #394359
  8. #2b3243
  9. #1d222d
  10. #0e1116
  11. #000000

Tints

#8fa8df mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8fa8df
  2. #9ab1e2
  3. #a5b9e5
  4. #b1c2e9
  5. #bccbec
  6. #c7d4ef
  7. #d2dcf2
  8. #dde5f5
  9. #e9eef9
  10. #f4f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8fa8df mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8fa8df
  2. #8ea4d6
  3. #8ca0cc
  4. #8b9cc3
  5. #8998b9
  6. #8894b0
  7. #8690a6
  8. #858c9d
  9. #838893
  10. #82848a
  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 #9fa8c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #96ace1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8ea5de ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #77b3bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93aae0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ea6de ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #81afca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8fa8df {
  color: #8fa8df;
}
Background
.bg-8fa8df {
  background-color: #8fa8df;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8fa8df {
  border: 2px solid #8fa8df;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8fa8df;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 168 223;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 56% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8fa8df {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8fa8df, #9e8fdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8fa8df {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 168 223 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.26 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.77 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.18 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.53 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 9.72 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.17 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.24 #705720 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8fa8df  rgb(143, 168, 223)  hsl(221, 56%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#dfc68f  rgb(223, 198, 143)  hsl(41, 56%, 72%)  Burly Wood
#df8fa8  rgb(223, 143, 168)  hsl(341, 56%, 72%)  Puce
#a8df8f  rgb(168, 223, 143)  hsl(101, 56%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple