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#8296EA

#8296ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8296ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.98% red, 58.82% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.44% cyan, 35.9% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 228.46°, with 71.23% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.82.

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Relative luminance0.325

Complementary

  1. #8296ea
  2. #ead682

Split complementary

  1. #8296ea
  2. #eaa282
  3. #caea82

Analogous

  1. #82caea
  2. #8296ea
  3. #a282ea

Triadic

  1. #8296ea
  2. #ea8296
  3. #96ea82

Tetradic

  1. #8296ea
  2. #d682ea
  3. #ead682
  4. #96ea82

Square

  1. #8296ea
  2. #ea82ca
  3. #ead682
  4. #82eaa2

Monochromatic

  1. #1e3bb5
  2. #405fdf
  3. #8296ea
  4. #c3cdf5
  5. #eef0fc

Shades

#8296ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8296ea
  2. #7587d3
  3. #6878bb
  4. #5b69a4
  5. #4e5a8c
  6. #414b75
  7. #343c5e
  8. #272d46
  9. #1a1e2f
  10. #0d0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8296ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8296ea
  2. #8fa1ec
  3. #9babee
  4. #a8b6f0
  5. #b4c0f2
  6. #c1cbf5
  7. #cdd5f7
  8. #dae0f9
  9. #e6eafb
  10. #f3f5fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8296ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8296ea
  2. #8294df
  3. #8292d5
  4. #818fca
  5. #818dc0
  6. #818bb5
  7. #8189aa
  8. #8187a0
  9. #808495
  10. #80828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9199c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #789fed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e96e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5da7b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c9cec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7796e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6ea1cc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8296ea {
  color: #8296ea;
}
Background
.bg-8296ea {
  background-color: #8296ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8296ea {
  border: 2px solid #8296ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8296ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 130 150 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 228 71% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8296ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8296ea, #a282ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8296ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(130 150 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.82 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.24 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.19 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.82 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.71 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.47 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.68 #7d6915 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8296ea  rgb(130, 150, 234)  hsl(228, 71%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#ead682  rgb(234, 214, 130)  hsl(48, 71%, 71%)  Buff
#ea8296  rgb(234, 130, 150)  hsl(348, 71%, 71%)  Salmon Pink
#96ea82  rgb(150, 234, 130)  hsl(108, 71%, 71%)  Light Green