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#8A94DE

#8a94de ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8a94de is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 58.04% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.84% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 232.86°, with 56% saturation and 70.59% 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 7.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 8.5.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3186

Complementary

  1. #8a94de
  2. #ded48a

Split complementary

  1. #8a94de
  2. #deaa8a
  3. #bede8a

Analogous

  1. #8abede
  2. #8a94de
  3. #aa8ade

Triadic

  1. #8a94de
  2. #de8a94
  3. #94de8a

Tetradic

  1. #8a94de
  2. #d48ade
  3. #ded48a
  4. #94de8a

Square

  1. #8a94de
  2. #de8abe
  3. #ded48a
  4. #8adeaa

Monochromatic

  1. #2e3ba1
  2. #4e5dcd
  3. #8a94de
  4. #c6cbef
  5. #eff0fb

Shades

#8a94de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8a94de
  2. #7c85c8
  3. #6e76b2
  4. #61689b
  5. #535985
  6. #454a6f
  7. #373b59
  8. #292c43
  9. #1c1e2c
  10. #0e0f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8a94de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8a94de
  2. #969fe1
  3. #a1a9e5
  4. #adb4e8
  5. #b9bfeb
  6. #c5caef
  7. #d0d4f2
  8. #dcdff5
  9. #e8eaf8
  10. #f3f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8a94de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8a94de
  2. #8992d5
  3. #8890cb
  4. #878ec2
  5. #868cb8
  6. #858aaf
  7. #8488a6
  8. #83869c
  9. #828493
  10. #818289
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.85:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9397b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9ce1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7696dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71a2af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8299e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7f95dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7c9dc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8a94de {
  color: #8a94de;
}
Background
.bg-8a94de {
  background-color: #8a94de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8a94de {
  border: 2px solid #8a94de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8a94de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 148 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 233 56% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8a94de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8a94de, #aa8ade);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8a94de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 148 222 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.50 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.55 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.65 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.15 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.66 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.14 #778899 Light Slate Gray ΔE 12.17 #756b21 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8a94de  rgb(138, 148, 222)  hsl(233, 56%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#ded48a  rgb(222, 212, 138)  hsl(53, 56%, 71%)  Flax
#de8a94  rgb(222, 138, 148)  hsl(353, 56%, 71%)  Puce
#94de8a  rgb(148, 222, 138)  hsl(113, 56%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple