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#8EA4E2

#8ea4e2 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea4e2 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 88.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.17% cyan, 27.43% magenta, 0% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 224.29°, with 59.15% saturation and 72.16% 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 8.56:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.96.

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Relative luminance0.3779

Complementary

  1. #8ea4e2
  2. #e2cc8e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea4e2
  2. #e2a28e
  3. #cee28e

Analogous

  1. #8ecee2
  2. #8ea4e2
  3. #a28ee2

Triadic

  1. #8ea4e2
  2. #e28ea4
  3. #a4e28e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea4e2
  2. #cc8ee2
  3. #e2cc8e
  4. #a4e28e

Square

  1. #8ea4e2
  2. #e28ece
  3. #e2cc8e
  4. #8ee2a2

Monochromatic

  1. #2c4dab
  2. #5173d2
  3. #8ea4e2
  4. #cbd5f2
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#8ea4e2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea4e2
  2. #8094cb
  3. #7283b5
  4. #63739e
  5. #556288
  6. #475271
  7. #39425a
  8. #2b3144
  9. #1c212d
  10. #0e1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea4e2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea4e2
  2. #99ade5
  3. #a5b6e8
  4. #b0bfeb
  5. #bbc8ee
  6. #c7d2f1
  7. #d2dbf3
  8. #dde4f6
  9. #e8edf9
  10. #f4f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea4e2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea4e2
  2. #8da0d8
  3. #8b9dce
  4. #8a99c5
  5. #8896bb
  6. #8792b1
  7. #868ea7
  8. #848b9d
  9. #838794
  10. #81848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da5c1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8fa9e5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88a2e1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #74b0ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8fa7e4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8aa3e1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7faccb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea4e2 {
  color: #8ea4e2;
}
Background
.bg-8ea4e2 {
  background-color: #8ea4e2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea4e2 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea4e2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea4e2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 164 226;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 59% 72%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea4e2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea4e2, #a28ee2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea4e2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 164 226 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.96 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.84 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.43 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.25 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.74 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.28 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.85 #715b1d Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea4e2  rgb(142, 164, 226)  hsl(224, 59%, 72%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e2cc8e  rgb(226, 204, 142)  hsl(44, 59%, 72%)  Vanilla
#e28ea4  rgb(226, 142, 164)  hsl(344, 59%, 72%)  Puce
#a4e28e  rgb(164, 226, 142)  hsl(104, 59%, 72%)  Granny Smith Apple