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#8EA2EB

#8ea2eb ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea2eb is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 63.53% green and 92.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.57% cyan, 31.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 227.1°, with 69.92% 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 8.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.62.

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Relative luminance0.3759

Complementary

  1. #8ea2eb
  2. #ebd78e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea2eb
  2. #eba98e
  3. #d0eb8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed0eb
  2. #8ea2eb
  3. #a98eeb

Triadic

  1. #8ea2eb
  2. #eb8ea2
  3. #a2eb8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea2eb
  2. #d78eeb
  3. #ebd78e
  4. #a2eb8e

Square

  1. #8ea2eb
  2. #eb8ed0
  3. #ebd78e
  4. #8eeba9

Monochromatic

  1. #2243be
  2. #4d6cdf
  3. #8ea2eb
  4. #cfd7f7
  5. #eef1fc

Shades

#8ea2eb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea2eb
  2. #8092d4
  3. #7282bc
  4. #6371a5
  5. #55618d
  6. #475176
  7. #39415e
  8. #2b3147
  9. #1c202f
  10. #0e1018
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea2eb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea2eb
  2. #99abed
  3. #a5b5ef
  4. #b0bef1
  5. #bbc7f3
  6. #c7d1f5
  7. #d2daf7
  8. #dde3f9
  9. #e8ecfb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea2eb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea2eb
  2. #8d9fe0
  3. #8b9bd6
  4. #8a98cb
  5. #8894c0
  6. #8791b6
  7. #868eab
  8. #848aa0
  9. #838795
  10. #81838b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca4c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89a9ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #81a1e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #70b1bc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba6ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #87a2ea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7dabd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea2eb {
  color: #8ea2eb;
}
Background
.bg-8ea2eb {
  background-color: #8ea2eb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea2eb {
  border: 2px solid #8ea2eb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea2eb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 162 235;
  --color-primary-hsl: 227 70% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea2eb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea2eb, #a98eeb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea2eb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 162 235 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.62 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 8.12 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.88 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.17 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 11.21 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.36 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.37 #715d14 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea2eb  rgb(142, 162, 235)  hsl(227, 70%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#ebd78e  rgb(235, 215, 142)  hsl(47, 70%, 74%)  Buff
#eb8ea2  rgb(235, 142, 162)  hsl(347, 70%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a2eb8e  rgb(162, 235, 142)  hsl(107, 70%, 74%)  Light Green