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#888FE6

#888fe6 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#888fe6 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 56.08% green and 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.87% cyan, 37.83% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 235.53°, with 65.28% saturation and 71.76% 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 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.53.

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Relative luminance0.3059

Complementary

  1. #888fe6
  2. #e6df88

Split complementary

  1. #888fe6
  2. #e6b088
  3. #bee688

Analogous

  1. #88bee6
  2. #888fe6
  3. #b088e6

Triadic

  1. #888fe6
  2. #e6888f
  3. #8fe688

Tetradic

  1. #888fe6
  2. #df88e6
  3. #e6df88
  4. #8fe688

Square

  1. #888fe6
  2. #e688be
  3. #e6df88
  4. #88e6b0

Monochromatic

  1. #252fb0
  2. #4953d9
  3. #888fe6
  4. #c7caf3
  5. #eeeffb

Shades

#888fe6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #888fe6
  2. #7a81cf
  3. #6d72b8
  4. #5f64a1
  5. #52568a
  6. #444873
  7. #36395c
  8. #292b45
  9. #1b1d2e
  10. #0e0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#888fe6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #888fe6
  2. #949ae9
  3. #a0a5eb
  4. #acb1ee
  5. #b8bcf0
  6. #c4c7f3
  7. #cfd2f5
  8. #dbddf8
  9. #e7e9fa
  10. #f3f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#888fe6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #888fe6
  2. #878edc
  3. #868cd2
  4. #868bc7
  5. #8589bd
  6. #8488b3
  7. #8386a9
  8. #82859f
  9. #828394
  10. #81828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9193bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #719ae9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b93e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ba0b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b96e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7891e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #789ac8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-888fe6 {
  color: #888fe6;
}
Background
.bg-888fe6 {
  background-color: #888fe6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-888fe6 {
  border: 2px solid #888fe6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #888fe6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 143 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 65% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-888fe6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #888fe6, #b088e6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-888fe6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 143 230 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.53 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.68 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.95 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.82 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.28 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.65 #778899 Light Slate Grey ΔE 11.65 #777019 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#888fe6  rgb(136, 143, 230)  hsl(236, 65%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#e6df88  rgb(230, 223, 136)  hsl(56, 65%, 72%)  Khaki
#e6888f  rgb(230, 136, 143)  hsl(356, 65%, 72%)  Light Coral
#8fe688  rgb(143, 230, 136)  hsl(116, 65%, 72%)  Light Green