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#809EEA

#809eea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#809eea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.2% red, 61.96% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45.3% cyan, 32.48% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.02°, with 71.62% saturation and 70.98% 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 8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.77.

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Relative luminance0.3498

Complementary

  1. #809eea
  2. #eacc80

Split complementary

  1. #809eea
  2. #ea9780
  3. #d3ea80

Analogous

  1. #80d3ea
  2. #809eea
  3. #9780ea

Triadic

  1. #809eea
  2. #ea809e
  3. #9eea80

Tetradic

  1. #809eea
  2. #cc80ea
  3. #eacc80
  4. #9eea80

Square

  1. #809eea
  2. #ea80d3
  3. #eacc80
  4. #80ea97

Monochromatic

  1. #1e48b3
  2. #3e6cdf
  3. #809eea
  4. #c2d0f5
  5. #edf2fc

Shades

#809eea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #809eea
  2. #738ed3
  3. #667ebb
  4. #5a6fa4
  5. #4d5f8c
  6. #404f75
  7. #333f5e
  8. #262f46
  9. #1a202f
  10. #0d1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#809eea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #809eea
  2. #8da8ec
  3. #99b1ee
  4. #a6bbf0
  5. #b3c5f2
  6. #c0cff5
  7. #ccd8f7
  8. #d9e2f9
  9. #e6ecfb
  10. #f2f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#809eea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #809eea
  2. #809bdf
  3. #8098d5
  4. #8095ca
  5. #8092c0
  6. #808fb5
  7. #808caa
  8. #8089a0
  9. #808695
  10. #80838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #949fc2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #82a5ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #779be8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #58aeb9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81a2ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7b9ce9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6aa8cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-809eea {
  color: #809eea;
}
Background
.bg-809eea {
  background-color: #809eea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-809eea {
  border: 2px solid #809eea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #809eea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 128 158 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 72% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-809eea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #809eea, #9780ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-809eea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(128 158 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.77 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 6.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.16 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.04 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.13 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 10.15 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 10.73 #7f6115 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#809eea  rgb(128, 158, 234)  hsl(223, 72%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#eacc80  rgb(234, 204, 128)  hsl(43, 72%, 71%)  Buff
#ea809e  rgb(234, 128, 158)  hsl(343, 72%, 71%)  Flamingo Pink
#9eea80  rgb(158, 234, 128)  hsl(103, 72%, 71%)  Light Green