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#8EA4E1

#8ea4e1 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea4e1 is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 64.31% green and 88.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.89% cyan, 27.11% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 224.1°, with 58.04% saturation and 71.96% 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 8.55:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.85.

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Relative luminance0.3774

Complementary

  1. #8ea4e1
  2. #e1cb8e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea4e1
  2. #e1a28e
  3. #cde18e

Analogous

  1. #8ecde1
  2. #8ea4e1
  3. #a28ee1

Triadic

  1. #8ea4e1
  2. #e18ea4
  3. #a4e18e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea4e1
  2. #cb8ee1
  3. #e1cb8e
  4. #a4e18e

Square

  1. #8ea4e1
  2. #e18ecd
  3. #e1cb8e
  4. #8ee1a2

Monochromatic

  1. #2d4ea9
  2. #5273d1
  3. #8ea4e1
  4. #cad5f1
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#8ea4e1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea4e1
  2. #8094cb
  3. #7283b4
  4. #63739e
  5. #556287
  6. #475271
  7. #39425a
  8. #2b3144
  9. #1c212d
  10. #0e1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea4e1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea4e1
  2. #99ade4
  3. #a5b6e7
  4. #b0bfea
  5. #bbc8ed
  6. #c7d2f0
  7. #d2dbf3
  8. #dde4f6
  9. #e8edf9
  10. #f4f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea4e1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea4e1
  2. #8da0d7
  3. #8b9dce
  4. #8a99c4
  5. #8896ba
  6. #8792b1
  7. #868ea7
  8. #848b9d
  9. #838793
  10. #81848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ca5c0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90a9e4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88a2e0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #75b0b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fa7e3 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ba3e0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #80abca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea4e1 {
  color: #8ea4e1;
}
Background
.bg-8ea4e1 {
  background-color: #8ea4e1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea4e1 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea4e1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea4e1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 164 225;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 58% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea4e1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea4e1, #a28ee1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea4e1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 164 225 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.85 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.88 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.41 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.27 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.72 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.13 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.82 #715b1e Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea4e1  rgb(142, 164, 225)  hsl(224, 58%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e1cb8e  rgb(225, 203, 142)  hsl(44, 58%, 72%)  Vanilla
#e18ea4  rgb(225, 142, 164)  hsl(344, 58%, 72%)  Puce
#a4e18e  rgb(164, 225, 142)  hsl(104, 58%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple