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#888FEA

#888fea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#888fea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.88% cyan, 38.89% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 235.71°, with 70% saturation and 72.55% 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 7.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.4.

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Relative luminance0.3082

Complementary

  1. #888fea
  2. #eae388

Split complementary

  1. #888fea
  2. #eab288
  3. #c0ea88

Analogous

  1. #88c0ea
  2. #888fea
  3. #b288ea

Triadic

  1. #888fea
  2. #ea888f
  3. #8fea88

Tetradic

  1. #888fea
  2. #e388ea
  3. #eae388
  4. #8fea88

Square

  1. #888fea
  2. #ea88c0
  3. #eae388
  4. #88eab2

Monochromatic

  1. #212bb8
  2. #4752df
  3. #888fea
  4. #c9ccf5
  5. #eeeffc

Shades

#888fea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #888fea
  2. #7a81d3
  3. #6d72bb
  4. #5f64a4
  5. #52568c
  6. #444875
  7. #36395e
  8. #292b46
  9. #1b1d2f
  10. #0e0e17
  11. #000000

Tints

#888fea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #888fea
  2. #949aec
  3. #a0a5ee
  4. #acb1f0
  5. #b8bcf2
  6. #c4c7f5
  7. #cfd2f7
  8. #dbddf9
  9. #e7e9fb
  10. #f3f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#888fea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #888fea
  2. #878edf
  3. #868cd5
  4. #868bca
  5. #8589c0
  6. #8488b5
  7. #8386aa
  8. #8285a0
  9. #828395
  10. #81828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9194be ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f9bee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6893e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #69a1b1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7a96ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7692e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #779aca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-888fea {
  color: #888fea;
}
Background
.bg-888fea {
  background-color: #888fea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-888fea {
  border: 2px solid #888fea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #888fea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 143 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 70% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-888fea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #888fea, #b288ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-888fea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 143 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.40 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.61 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.15 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.87 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.65 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 11.77 #777015 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#888fea  rgb(136, 143, 234)  hsl(236, 70%, 73%)  Cornflower Blue
#eae388  rgb(234, 227, 136)  hsl(56, 70%, 73%)  Khaki
#ea888f  rgb(234, 136, 143)  hsl(356, 70%, 73%)  Light Coral
#8fea88  rgb(143, 234, 136)  hsl(116, 70%, 73%)  Light Green