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#818AFA

#818afa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#818afa is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.59% red, 54.12% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.4% cyan, 44.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 235.54°, with 92.37% saturation and 74.31% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.95:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.03.

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Relative luminance0.2975

Complementary

  1. #818afa
  2. #faf181

Split complementary

  1. #818afa
  2. #fab481
  3. #c6fa81

Analogous

  1. #81c6fa
  2. #818afa
  3. #b481fa

Triadic

  1. #818afa
  2. #fa818a
  3. #8afa81

Tetradic

  1. #818afa
  2. #f181fa
  3. #faf181
  4. #8afa81

Square

  1. #818afa
  2. #fa81c6
  3. #faf181
  4. #81fab4

Monochromatic

  1. #0918d9
  2. #3746f7
  3. #818afa
  4. #cbcefd
  5. #ebedfe

Shades

#818afa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #818afa
  2. #747ce1
  3. #676ec8
  4. #5a61af
  5. #4d5396
  6. #41457d
  7. #343764
  8. #27294b
  9. #1a1c32
  10. #0d0e19
  11. #000000

Tints

#818afa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #818afa
  2. #8e96fb
  3. #9aa1fb
  4. #a7adfc
  5. #b3b9fc
  6. #c0c5fd
  7. #cdd0fd
  8. #d9dcfe
  9. #e6e8fe
  10. #f2f3ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#818afa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #818afa
  2. #8189ee
  3. #8188e2
  4. #8187d5
  5. #8186c9
  6. #8185bd
  7. #8084b1
  8. #8083a5
  9. #808298
  10. #80818c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.95:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #949494 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8d90c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b99fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5190f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #52a2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6c93fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #678df9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6899d5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-818afa {
  color: #818afa;
}
Background
.bg-818afa {
  background-color: #818afa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-818afa {
  border: 2px solid #818afa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #818afa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 129 138 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 92% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-818afa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #818afa, #b481fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-818afa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(129 138 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.03 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.18 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.22 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 10.39 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.80 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.78 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 11.94 #7e7505 Inverted #949494 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#818afa  rgb(129, 138, 250)  hsl(236, 92%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#faf181  rgb(250, 241, 129)  hsl(56, 92%, 74%)  Pastel Yellow
#fa818a  rgb(250, 129, 138)  hsl(356, 92%, 74%)  Light Coral
#8afa81  rgb(138, 250, 129)  hsl(116, 92%, 74%)  Mint Green