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#888FE8

#888fe8 ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#888fe8 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 90.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.38% cyan, 38.36% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 235.63°, with 67.61% 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 7.14:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.46.

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Relative luminance0.3071

Complementary

  1. #888fe8
  2. #e8e188

Split complementary

  1. #888fe8
  2. #e8b188
  3. #bfe888

Analogous

  1. #88bfe8
  2. #888fe8
  3. #b188e8

Triadic

  1. #888fe8
  2. #e8888f
  3. #8fe888

Tetradic

  1. #888fe8
  2. #e188e8
  3. #e8e188
  4. #8fe888

Square

  1. #888fe8
  2. #e888bf
  3. #e8e188
  4. #88e8b1

Monochromatic

  1. #232db4
  2. #4853dc
  3. #888fe8
  4. #c8cbf4
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#888fe8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #888fe8
  2. #7a81d1
  3. #6d72ba
  4. #5f64a2
  5. #52568b
  6. #444874
  7. #36395d
  8. #292b46
  9. #1b1d2e
  10. #0e0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#888fe8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #888fe8
  2. #949aea
  3. #a0a5ed
  4. #acb1ef
  5. #b8bcf1
  6. #c4c7f4
  7. #cfd2f6
  8. #dbddf8
  9. #e7e9fa
  10. #f3f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#888fe8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #888fe8
  2. #878ede
  3. #868cd3
  4. #868bc9
  5. #8589be
  6. #8488b4
  7. #8386aa
  8. #82859f
  9. #828395
  10. #81828a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.14:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9194bd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #709aeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6a93e6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6aa1b0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a96ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7791e7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #779ac9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-888fe8 {
  color: #888fe8;
}
Background
.bg-888fe8 {
  background-color: #888fe8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-888fe8 {
  border: 2px solid #888fe8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #888fe8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 143 232;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 68% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-888fe8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #888fe8, #b188e8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-888fe8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 143 232 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.46 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.64 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.05 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.84 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.41 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.69 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.70 #777017 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#888fe8  rgb(136, 143, 232)  hsl(236, 68%, 72%)  Cornflower Blue
#e8e188  rgb(232, 225, 136)  hsl(56, 68%, 72%)  Khaki
#e8888f  rgb(232, 136, 143)  hsl(356, 68%, 72%)  Light Coral
#8fe888  rgb(143, 232, 136)  hsl(116, 68%, 72%)  Light Green