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#8EA4E4

#8ea4e4 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea4e4 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 89.41% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 37.72% cyan, 28.07% magenta, 0% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 224.65°, with 61.43% saturation and 72.55% 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 8.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.19.

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Relative luminance0.379

Complementary

  1. #8ea4e4
  2. #e4ce8e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea4e4
  2. #e4a38e
  3. #cfe48e

Analogous

  1. #8ecfe4
  2. #8ea4e4
  3. #a38ee4

Triadic

  1. #8ea4e4
  2. #e48ea4
  3. #a4e48e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea4e4
  2. #ce8ee4
  3. #e4ce8e
  4. #a4e48e

Square

  1. #8ea4e4
  2. #e48ecf
  3. #e4ce8e
  4. #8ee4a3

Monochromatic

  1. #2a4caf
  2. #5072d5
  3. #8ea4e4
  4. #ccd6f3
  5. #eff2fb

Shades

#8ea4e4 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea4e4
  2. #8094cd
  3. #7283b6
  4. #6373a0
  5. #556289
  6. #475272
  7. #39425b
  8. #2b3144
  9. #1c212e
  10. #0e1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea4e4 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea4e4
  2. #99ade7
  3. #a5b6e9
  4. #b0bfec
  5. #bbc8ef
  6. #c7d2f2
  7. #d2dbf4
  8. #dde4f7
  9. #e8edfa
  10. #f4f6fc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea4e4 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea4e4
  2. #8da0da
  3. #8b9dd0
  4. #8a99c6
  5. #8896bc
  6. #8792b2
  7. #868ea8
  8. #848b9e
  9. #838794
  10. #81848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da5c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8faae7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #87a2e3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #73b1ba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ea7e6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8aa3e3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7faccc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea4e4 {
  color: #8ea4e4;
}
Background
.bg-8ea4e4 {
  background-color: #8ea4e4;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea4e4 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea4e4;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea4e4;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 164 228;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 61% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea4e4 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea4e4, #a38ee4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea4e4 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 164 228 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.19 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.78 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.46 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.22 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.78 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.56 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.89 #715b1b Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea4e4  rgb(142, 164, 228)  hsl(225, 61%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e4ce8e  rgb(228, 206, 142)  hsl(45, 61%, 73%)  Buff
#e48ea4  rgb(228, 142, 164)  hsl(345, 61%, 73%)  Flamingo Pink
#a4e48e  rgb(164, 228, 142)  hsl(105, 61%, 73%)  Granny Smith Apple