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#8FACFE

#8facfe ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8facfe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 56.08% red, 67.45% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.7% cyan, 32.28% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 224.32°, with 98.23% saturation and 77.84% 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 9.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.23.

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Relative luminance0.425

Complementary

  1. #8facfe
  2. #fee18f

Split complementary

  1. #8facfe
  2. #fea98f
  3. #e4fe8f

Analogous

  1. #8fe4fe
  2. #8facfe
  3. #a98ffe

Triadic

  1. #8facfe
  2. #fe8fac
  3. #acfe8f

Tetradic

  1. #8facfe
  2. #e18ffe
  3. #fee18f
  4. #acfe8f

Square

  1. #8facfe
  2. #fe8fe4
  3. #fee18f
  4. #8ffea9

Monochromatic

  1. #0241f2
  2. #4374fd
  3. #8facfe
  4. #dbe4ff
  5. #ebf0ff

Shades

#8facfe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8facfe
  2. #819be5
  3. #728acb
  4. #6478b2
  5. #566798
  6. #48567f
  7. #394566
  8. #2b344c
  9. #1d2233
  10. #0e1119
  11. #000000

Tints

#8facfe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8facfe
  2. #9ab4fe
  3. #a5bdfe
  4. #b1c5fe
  5. #bccdfe
  6. #c7d6ff
  7. #d2deff
  8. #dde6ff
  9. #e9eeff
  10. #f4f7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8facfe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8facfe
  2. #8ea8f1
  3. #8ca3e5
  4. #8b9fd8
  5. #899acc
  6. #8896bf
  7. #8692b2
  8. #858da6
  9. #838999
  10. #82848d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3add3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fb4ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84aafc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #67bdca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fb1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88abfd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #79b6e0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8facfe {
  color: #8facfe;
}
Background
.bg-8facfe {
  background-color: #8facfe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8facfe {
  border: 2px solid #8facfe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8facfe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 143 172 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 98% 78%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8facfe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8facfe, #a98ffe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8facfe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(143 172 254 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.23 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.36 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.60 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.91 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.04 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.54 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.95 #705301 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8facfe  rgb(143, 172, 254)  hsl(224, 98%, 78%)  Cornflower Blue
#fee18f  rgb(254, 225, 143)  hsl(44, 98%, 78%)  Jasmine
#fe8fac  rgb(254, 143, 172)  hsl(344, 98%, 78%)  Flamingo Pink
#acfe8f  rgb(172, 254, 143)  hsl(104, 98%, 78%)  Mint Green