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#8E94DE

#8e94de ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8e94de is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 58.04% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.04% cyan, 33.33% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 235.5°, with 54.79% saturation and 71.37% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 9.33.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.322

Complementary

  1. #8e94de
  2. #ded88e

Split complementary

  1. #8e94de
  2. #deb08e
  3. #bcde8e

Analogous

  1. #8ebcde
  2. #8e94de
  3. #b08ede

Triadic

  1. #8e94de
  2. #de8e94
  3. #94de8e

Tetradic

  1. #8e94de
  2. #d88ede
  3. #ded88e
  4. #94de8e

Square

  1. #8e94de
  2. #de8ebc
  3. #ded88e
  4. #8edeb0

Monochromatic

  1. #3038a3
  2. #535ccd
  3. #8e94de
  4. #c9ccef
  5. #eff0fa

Shades

#8e94de mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8e94de
  2. #8085c8
  3. #7276b2
  4. #63689b
  5. #555985
  6. #474a6f
  7. #393b59
  8. #2b2c43
  9. #1c1e2c
  10. #0e0f16
  11. #000000

Tints

#8e94de mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8e94de
  2. #999fe1
  3. #a5a9e5
  4. #b0b4e8
  5. #bbbfeb
  6. #c7caef
  7. #d2d4f2
  8. #dddff5
  9. #e8eaf8
  10. #f4f4fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8e94de mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8e94de
  2. #8d92d5
  3. #8b90cb
  4. #8a8ec2
  5. #888cb8
  6. #878aaf
  7. #8688a6
  8. #84869c
  9. #838493
  10. #818289
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9597b9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c9de1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7897dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #78a2af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8499e0 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8196dd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #819dc4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8e94de {
  color: #8e94de;
}
Background
.bg-8e94de {
  background-color: #8e94de;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8e94de {
  border: 2px solid #8e94de;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8e94de;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 148 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 236 55% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8e94de {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8e94de, #b08ede);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8e94de {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 148 222 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.33 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.53 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 10.53 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.69 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.86 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 11.81 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 11.91 #716b21 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8e94de  rgb(142, 148, 222)  hsl(236, 55%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ded88e  rgb(222, 216, 142)  hsl(56, 55%, 71%)  Khaki
#de8e94  rgb(222, 142, 148)  hsl(356, 55%, 71%)  Puce
#94de8e  rgb(148, 222, 142)  hsl(116, 55%, 71%)  Granny Smith Apple