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#8496CF

#8496cf ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8496cf is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 51.76% red, 58.82% green and 81.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.23% cyan, 27.54% magenta, 0% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 225.6°, with 43.86% saturation and 66.47% 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 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.61.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3122

Complementary

  1. #8496cf
  2. #cfbd84

Split complementary

  1. #8496cf
  2. #cf9784
  3. #bbcf84

Analogous

  1. #84bbcf
  2. #8496cf
  3. #9784cf

Triadic

  1. #8496cf
  2. #cf8496
  3. #96cf84

Tetradic

  1. #8496cf
  2. #bd84cf
  3. #cfbd84
  4. #96cf84

Square

  1. #8496cf
  2. #cf84bb
  3. #cfbd84
  4. #84cf97

Monochromatic

  1. #344886
  2. #4d67ba
  3. #8496cf
  4. #bbc5e4
  5. #f0f2f9

Shades

#8496cf mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8496cf
  2. #7787ba
  3. #6a78a6
  4. #5c6991
  5. #4f5a7c
  6. #424b68
  7. #353c53
  8. #282d3e
  9. #1a1e29
  10. #0d0f15
  11. #000000

Tints

#8496cf mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8496cf
  2. #90a1d4
  3. #9dabd9
  4. #a9b6dd
  5. #b5c0e2
  6. #c2cbe7
  7. #ced5ec
  8. #dae0f1
  9. #e6eaf5
  10. #f3f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8496cf mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8496cf
  2. #8494c7
  3. #8392bf
  4. #838fb7
  5. #828daf
  6. #828ba8
  7. #8289a0
  8. #818798
  9. #818490
  10. #808288
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9097b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #839bd1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7d95ce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ea1aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8499d0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8095ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #779dba ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8496cf {
  color: #8496cf;
}
Background
.bg-8496cf {
  background-color: #8496cf;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8496cf {
  border: 2px solid #8496cf;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8496cf;
  --color-primary-rgb: 132 150 207;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 44% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8496cf {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8496cf, #9784cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8496cf {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(132 150 207 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.61 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.45 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.57 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.68 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 8.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.76 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.69 #7b6930 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8496cf  rgb(132, 150, 207)  hsl(226, 44%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#cfbd84  rgb(207, 189, 132)  hsl(46, 44%, 66%)  Ecru
#cf8496  rgb(207, 132, 150)  hsl(346, 44%, 66%)  Puce
#96cf84  rgb(150, 207, 132)  hsl(106, 44%, 66%)  Pistachio