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#8C94DE

#8c94de ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8c94de is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.9% red, 58.04% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.94% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 234.15°, with 55.41% saturation and 70.98% 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 7.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 9.01.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3203

Complementary

  1. #8c94de
  2. #ded68c

Split complementary

  1. #8c94de
  2. #dead8c
  3. #bdde8c

Analogous

  1. #8cbdde
  2. #8c94de
  3. #ad8cde

Triadic

  1. #8c94de
  2. #de8c94
  3. #94de8c

Tetradic

  1. #8c94de
  2. #d68cde
  3. #ded68c
  4. #94de8c

Square

  1. #8c94de
  2. #de8cbd
  3. #ded68c
  4. #8cdead

Monochromatic

  1. #2f3aa2
  2. #515dcd
  3. #8c94de
  4. #c7cbef
  5. #eff0fa

Shades

#8c94de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8c94de
  2. #7e85c8
  3. #7076b2
  4. #62689b
  5. #545985
  6. #464a6f
  7. #383b59
  8. #2a2c43
  9. #1c1e2c
  10. #0e0f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8c94de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8c94de
  2. #989fe1
  3. #a3a9e5
  4. #afb4e8
  5. #babfeb
  6. #c6caef
  7. #d1d4f2
  8. #dddff5
  9. #e8eaf8
  10. #f4f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8c94de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8c94de
  2. #8b92d5
  3. #8a90cb
  4. #888ec2
  5. #878cb8
  6. #868aaf
  7. #8588a6
  8. #84869c
  9. #828493
  10. #818289
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9497b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9de1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7797dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74a2af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8399e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8096dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7f9dc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8c94de {
  color: #8c94de;
}
Background
.bg-8c94de {
  background-color: #8c94de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8c94de {
  border: 2px solid #8c94de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8c94de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 140 148 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 234 55% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8c94de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8c94de, #ad8cde);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8c94de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(140 148 222 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.01 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.17 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.50 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.58 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.52 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 12.02 #736b21 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8c94de  rgb(140, 148, 222)  hsl(234, 55%, 71%)  Cornflower Blue
#ded68c  rgb(222, 214, 140)  hsl(54, 55%, 71%)  Flax
#de8c94  rgb(222, 140, 148)  hsl(354, 55%, 71%)  Puce
#94de8c  rgb(148, 222, 140)  hsl(114, 55%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple