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#8EA2CD

#8ea2cd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#8ea2cd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 63.53% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.73% cyan, 20.98% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 220.95°, with 38.65% saturation and 68.04% 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 8.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 4.94.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.36

Complementary

  1. #8ea2cd
  2. #cdb98e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea2cd
  2. #cd9a8e
  3. #c2cd8e

Analogous

  1. #8ec2cd
  2. #8ea2cd
  3. #9a8ecd

Triadic

  1. #8ea2cd
  2. #cd8ea2
  3. #a2cd8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea2cd
  2. #b98ecd
  3. #cdb98e
  4. #a2cd8e

Square

  1. #8ea2cd
  2. #cd8ec2
  3. #cdb98e
  4. #8ecd9a

Monochromatic

  1. #3c5386
  2. #5976b6
  3. #8ea2cd
  4. #c3cee4
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#8ea2cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea2cd
  2. #8092b9
  3. #7282a4
  4. #637190
  5. #55617b
  6. #475167
  7. #394152
  8. #2b313e
  9. #1c2029
  10. #0e1015
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea2cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea2cd
  2. #99abd2
  3. #a5b5d7
  4. #b0bedc
  5. #bbc7e1
  6. #c7d1e6
  7. #d2daeb
  8. #dde3f0
  9. #e8ecf5
  10. #f4f6fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea2cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea2cd
  2. #8d9fc5
  3. #8b9bbe
  4. #8a98b6
  5. #8894ae
  6. #8791a7
  7. #868e9f
  8. #848a97
  9. #83878f
  10. #818388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9aa2b5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #94a5cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e9fcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #7cabb0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #92a4ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ea0cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #84a7bd ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea2cd {
  color: #8ea2cd;
}
Background
.bg-8ea2cd {
  background-color: #8ea2cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea2cd {
  border: 2px solid #8ea2cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea2cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 162 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 221 39% 68%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea2cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea2cd, #9a8ecd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea2cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 162 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 4.94 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 7.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.53 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 9.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.03 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.39 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.71 #715d32 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea2cd  rgb(142, 162, 205)  hsl(221, 39%, 68%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdb98e  rgb(205, 185, 142)  hsl(41, 39%, 68%)  Ecru
#cd8ea2  rgb(205, 142, 162)  hsl(341, 39%, 68%)  Puce
#a2cd8e  rgb(162, 205, 142)  hsl(101, 39%, 68%)  Pistachio