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#8595EB

#8595eb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8595eb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.16% red, 58.43% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.4% cyan, 36.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 230.59°, with 71.83% saturation and 72.16% 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 6.64.

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Relative luminance0.3248

Complementary

  1. #8595eb
  2. #ebdb85

Split complementary

  1. #8595eb
  2. #eba885
  3. #c8eb85

Analogous

  1. #85c8eb
  2. #8595eb
  3. #a885eb

Triadic

  1. #8595eb
  2. #eb8595
  3. #95eb85

Tetradic

  1. #8595eb
  2. #db85eb
  3. #ebdb85
  4. #95eb85

Square

  1. #8595eb
  2. #eb85c8
  3. #ebdb85
  4. #85eba8

Monochromatic

  1. #1e37b9
  2. #435ce0
  3. #8595eb
  4. #c7cef6
  5. #edf0fc

Shades

#8595eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8595eb
  2. #7886d4
  3. #6a77bc
  4. #5d68a5
  5. #50598d
  6. #434b76
  7. #353c5e
  8. #282d47
  9. #1b1e2f
  10. #0d0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8595eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8595eb
  2. #91a0ed
  3. #9daaef
  4. #aab5f1
  5. #b6bff3
  6. #c2caf5
  7. #ced5f7
  8. #dadff9
  9. #e7eafb
  10. #f3f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8595eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8595eb
  2. #8593e0
  3. #8491d6
  4. #848fcb
  5. #838dc0
  6. #838bb6
  7. #8288ab
  8. #8286a0
  9. #818495
  10. #81828b
  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 #9298c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #769fee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6e96e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #62a7b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7c9bed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7896ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #72a0cd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8595eb {
  color: #8595eb;
}
Background
.bg-8595eb {
  background-color: #8595eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8595eb {
  border: 2px solid #8595eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8595eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 133 149 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 231 72% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8595eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8595eb, #a885eb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8595eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(133 149 235 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 6.64 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 9.86 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.12 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 10.67 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 12.22 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 12.30 #7a6a14 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8595eb  rgb(133, 149, 235)  hsl(231, 72%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#ebdb85  rgb(235, 219, 133)  hsl(51, 72%, 72%)  Flax
#eb8595  rgb(235, 133, 149)  hsl(351, 72%, 72%)  Salmon Pink
#95eb85  rgb(149, 235, 133)  hsl(111, 72%, 72%)  Light Green