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#8299FE

#8299fe ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8299fe is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 50.98% red, 60% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 48.82% cyan, 39.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 228.87°, with 98.41% saturation and 75.29% 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 7.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 5.75.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3468

Complementary

  1. #8299fe
  2. #fee782

Split complementary

  1. #8299fe
  2. #fea982
  3. #d7fe82

Analogous

  1. #82d7fe
  2. #8299fe
  3. #a982fe

Triadic

  1. #8299fe
  2. #fe8299
  3. #99fe82

Tetradic

  1. #8299fe
  2. #e782fe
  3. #fee782
  4. #99fe82

Square

  1. #8299fe
  2. #fe82d7
  3. #fee782
  4. #82fea9

Monochromatic

  1. #022ce5
  2. #365bfd
  3. #8299fe
  4. #ced7ff
  5. #ebeeff

Shades

#8299fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8299fe
  2. #758ae5
  3. #687acb
  4. #5b6bb2
  5. #4e5c98
  6. #414d7f
  7. #343d66
  8. #272e4c
  9. #1a1f33
  10. #0d0f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#8299fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8299fe
  2. #8fa3fe
  3. #9badfe
  4. #a8b8fe
  5. #b4c2fe
  6. #c1ccff
  7. #cdd6ff
  8. #dae0ff
  9. #e6ebff
  10. #f3f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8299fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8299fe
  2. #8297f1
  3. #8294e5
  4. #8192d8
  5. #818fcc
  6. #818dbf
  7. #818ab2
  8. #8188a6
  9. #808599
  10. #80838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #949dcc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #71a5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #659afc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4faebf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #78a0ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #729afd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #67a6db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8299fe {
  color: #8299fe;
}
Background
.bg-8299fe {
  background-color: #8299fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8299fe {
  border: 2px solid #8299fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8299fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 130 153 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 229 98% 75%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8299fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8299fe, #a982fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8299fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(130 153 254 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 5.75 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.89 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 11.17 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 11.51 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.74 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 11.88 #7d6601 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8299fe  rgb(130, 153, 254)  hsl(229, 98%, 75%)  Cornflower Blue
#fee782  rgb(254, 231, 130)  hsl(49, 98%, 75%)  Jasmine
#fe8299  rgb(254, 130, 153)  hsl(349, 98%, 75%)  Salmon Pink
#99fe82  rgb(153, 254, 130)  hsl(109, 98%, 75%)  Mint Green