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#8A91EF

#8a91ef ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a91ef is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 56.86% green and 93.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.26% cyan, 39.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 235.84°, with 75.94% saturation and 73.92% 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 7.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.37.

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Web safe#9999ff
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Relative luminance0.3189

Complementary

  1. #8a91ef
  2. #efe88a

Split complementary

  1. #8a91ef
  2. #efb58a
  3. #c3ef8a

Analogous

  1. #8ac3ef
  2. #8a91ef
  3. #b58aef

Triadic

  1. #8a91ef
  2. #ef8a91
  3. #91ef8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a91ef
  2. #e88aef
  3. #efe88a
  4. #91ef8a

Square

  1. #8a91ef
  2. #ef8ac3
  3. #efe88a
  4. #8aefb5

Monochromatic

  1. #1b27c5
  2. #4752e6
  3. #8a91ef
  4. #cdd0f8
  5. #edeefd

Shades

#8a91ef mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a91ef
  2. #7c83d7
  3. #6e74bf
  4. #6166a7
  5. #53578f
  6. #454978
  7. #373a60
  8. #292c48
  9. #1c1d30
  10. #0e0f18
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a91ef mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a91ef
  2. #969cf1
  3. #a1a7f2
  4. #adb2f4
  5. #b9bdf5
  6. #c5c8f7
  7. #d0d3f9
  8. #dcdefa
  9. #e8e9fc
  10. #f3f4fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a91ef mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a91ef
  2. #898fe4
  3. #888ed9
  4. #878cce
  5. #868ac3
  6. #8589b8
  7. #8487ac
  8. #8385a1
  9. #828396
  10. #81828b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9396c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f9df3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6995ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6aa4b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7b98f1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7794ee ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #789dcf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a91ef {
  color: #8a91ef;
}
Background
.bg-8a91ef {
  background-color: #8a91ef;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a91ef {
  border: 2px solid #8a91ef;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a91ef;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 145 239;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 76% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a91ef {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a91ef, #b58aef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a91ef {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 145 239 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.37 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.69 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.78 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.35 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 11.36 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.43 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.20 #756e10 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8a91ef  rgb(138, 145, 239)  hsl(236, 76%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#efe88a  rgb(239, 232, 138)  hsl(56, 76%, 74%)  Khaki
#ef8a91  rgb(239, 138, 145)  hsl(356, 76%, 74%)  Light Coral
#91ef8a  rgb(145, 239, 138)  hsl(116, 76%, 74%)  Light Green