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#8593EA

#8593ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8593ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 57.65% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.16% cyan, 37.18% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 231.68°, with 70.63% saturation and 71.96% 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 7.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 6.99.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3179

Complementary

  1. #8593ea
  2. #eadc85

Split complementary

  1. #8593ea
  2. #eaa985
  3. #c6ea85

Analogous

  1. #85c6ea
  2. #8593ea
  3. #a985ea

Triadic

  1. #8593ea
  2. #ea8593
  3. #93ea85

Tetradic

  1. #8593ea
  2. #dc85ea
  3. #eadc85
  4. #93ea85

Square

  1. #8593ea
  2. #ea85c6
  3. #eadc85
  4. #85eaa9

Monochromatic

  1. #1f34b7
  2. #4459df
  3. #8593ea
  4. #c6cdf5
  5. #eef0fc

Shades

#8593ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8593ea
  2. #7884d3
  3. #6a76bb
  4. #5d67a4
  5. #50588c
  6. #434a75
  7. #353b5e
  8. #282c46
  9. #1b1d2f
  10. #0d0f17
  11. #000000

Tints

#8593ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8593ea
  2. #919eec
  3. #9da9ee
  4. #aab3f0
  5. #b6bef2
  6. #c2c9f5
  7. #ced4f7
  8. #dadff9
  9. #e7e9fb
  10. #f3f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8593ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8593ea
  2. #8591df
  3. #848fd5
  4. #848dca
  5. #838bc0
  6. #838ab5
  7. #8288aa
  8. #8286a0
  9. #818495
  10. #81828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9197bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #749ded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6c95e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #63a5b3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b99ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7794e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #729ecc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8593ea {
  color: #8593ea;
}
Background
.bg-8593ea {
  background-color: #8593ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8593ea {
  border: 2px solid #8593ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8593ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 147 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 71% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8593ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8593ea, #a985ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8593ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 147 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.99 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.30 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.31 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.95 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 12.13 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.14 #7a6c15 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8593ea  rgb(133, 147, 234)  hsl(232, 71%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#eadc85  rgb(234, 220, 133)  hsl(52, 71%, 72%)  Flax
#ea8593  rgb(234, 133, 147)  hsl(352, 71%, 72%)  Salmon Pink
#93ea85  rgb(147, 234, 133)  hsl(112, 71%, 72%)  Light Green