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#8EA4E6

#8ea4e6 ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea4e6 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 90.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 38.26% cyan, 28.7% magenta, 0% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 225°, with 63.77% saturation and 72.94% 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 8.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.41.

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Relative luminance0.3801

Complementary

  1. #8ea4e6
  2. #e6d08e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea4e6
  2. #e6a48e
  3. #d0e68e

Analogous

  1. #8ed0e6
  2. #8ea4e6
  3. #a48ee6

Triadic

  1. #8ea4e6
  2. #e68ea4
  3. #a4e68e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea4e6
  2. #d08ee6
  3. #e6d08e
  4. #a4e68e

Square

  1. #8ea4e6
  2. #e68ed0
  3. #e6d08e
  4. #8ee6a4

Monochromatic

  1. #284bb3
  2. #4f72d8
  3. #8ea4e6
  4. #cdd6f4
  5. #eef2fb

Shades

#8ea4e6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea4e6
  2. #8094cf
  3. #7283b8
  4. #6373a1
  5. #55628a
  6. #475273
  7. #39425c
  8. #2b3145
  9. #1c212e
  10. #0e1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea4e6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea4e6
  2. #99ade9
  3. #a5b6eb
  4. #b0bfee
  5. #bbc8f0
  6. #c7d2f3
  7. #d2dbf5
  8. #dde4f8
  9. #e8edfa
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea4e6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea4e6
  2. #8da0dc
  3. #8b9dd2
  4. #8a99c7
  5. #8896bd
  6. #8792b3
  7. #868ea9
  8. #848b9f
  9. #838794
  10. #81848a
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.44:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da5c3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8eaae9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a2e4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72b1bb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ea8e8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89a3e5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7eacce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea4e6 {
  color: #8ea4e6;
}
Background
.bg-8ea4e6 {
  background-color: #8ea4e6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea4e6 {
  border: 2px solid #8ea4e6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea4e6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 164 230;
  --color-primary-hsl: 225 64% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea4e6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea4e6, #a48ee6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea4e6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 164 230 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.41 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.48 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.19 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.80 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 11.84 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.94 #715b19 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea4e6  rgb(142, 164, 230)  hsl(225, 64%, 73%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#e6d08e  rgb(230, 208, 142)  hsl(45, 64%, 73%)  Buff
#e68ea4  rgb(230, 142, 164)  hsl(345, 64%, 73%)  Flamingo Pink
#a4e68e  rgb(164, 230, 142)  hsl(105, 64%, 73%)  Granny Smith Apple