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#8894DE

#8894de ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8894de is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 53.33% red, 58.04% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.74% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 231.63°, with 56.58% saturation and 70.2% 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 7.34:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.99.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3169

Complementary

  1. #8894de
  2. #ded288

Split complementary

  1. #8894de
  2. #dea788
  3. #bfde88

Analogous

  1. #88bfde
  2. #8894de
  3. #a788de

Triadic

  1. #8894de
  2. #de8894
  3. #94de88

Tetradic

  1. #8894de
  2. #d288de
  3. #ded288
  4. #94de88

Square

  1. #8894de
  2. #de88bf
  3. #ded288
  4. #88dea7

Monochromatic

  1. #2d3da1
  2. #4c5ecd
  3. #8894de
  4. #c4caef
  5. #eff1fb

Shades

#8894de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8894de
  2. #7a85c8
  3. #6d76b2
  4. #5f689b
  5. #525985
  6. #444a6f
  7. #363b59
  8. #292c43
  9. #1b1e2c
  10. #0e0f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8894de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8894de
  2. #949fe1
  3. #a0a9e5
  4. #acb4e8
  5. #b8bfeb
  6. #c4caef
  7. #cfd4f2
  8. #dbdff5
  9. #e7eaf8
  10. #f3f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8894de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8894de
  2. #8792d5
  3. #8690cb
  4. #868ec2
  5. #858cb8
  6. #848aaf
  7. #8388a6
  8. #82869c
  9. #828493
  10. #818289
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.34:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9297b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7b9ce1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7595dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ea3af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8199e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7d95dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #799dc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8894de {
  color: #8894de;
}
Background
.bg-8894de {
  background-color: #8894de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8894de {
  border: 2px solid #8894de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8894de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 136 148 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 232 57% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8894de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8894de, #a788de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8894de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(136 148 222 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.99 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.13 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.69 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 9.82 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.75 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 10.76 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.08 #776b21 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8894de  rgb(136, 148, 222)  hsl(232, 57%, 70%)  Cornflower Blue
#ded288  rgb(222, 210, 136)  hsl(52, 57%, 70%)  Flax
#de8894  rgb(222, 136, 148)  hsl(352, 57%, 70%)  Puce
#94de88  rgb(148, 222, 136)  hsl(112, 57%, 70%)  Pastel Green