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#8EA4EA

#8ea4ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea4ea 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 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.32% cyan, 29.91% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 225.65°, with 68.66% saturation and 73.73% 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 8.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.62.

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Relative luminance0.3824

Complementary

  1. #8ea4ea
  2. #ead48e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea4ea
  2. #eaa68e
  3. #d2ea8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed2ea
  2. #8ea4ea
  3. #a68eea

Triadic

  1. #8ea4ea
  2. #ea8ea4
  3. #a4ea8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea4ea
  2. #d48eea
  3. #ead48e
  4. #a4ea8e

Square

  1. #8ea4ea
  2. #ea8ed2
  3. #ead48e
  4. #8eeaa6

Monochromatic

  1. #2348bc
  2. #4e70de
  3. #8ea4ea
  4. #cfd8f6
  5. #eef1fc

Shades

#8ea4ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea4ea
  2. #8094d3
  3. #7283bb
  4. #6373a4
  5. #55628c
  6. #475275
  7. #39425e
  8. #2b3146
  9. #1c212f
  10. #0e1017
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea4ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea4ea
  2. #99adec
  3. #a5b6ee
  4. #b0bff0
  5. #bbc8f2
  6. #c7d2f5
  7. #d2dbf7
  8. #dde4f9
  9. #e8edfb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea4ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea4ea
  2. #8da0df
  3. #8b9dd5
  4. #8a99ca
  5. #8896c0
  6. #8792b5
  7. #868eaa
  8. #848ba0
  9. #838795
  10. #81848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a6a6a6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9da5c5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8caaed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #84a3e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #71b2bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8da8ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88a3e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7dadd0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea4ea {
  color: #8ea4ea;
}
Background
.bg-8ea4ea {
  background-color: #8ea4ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea4ea {
  border: 2px solid #8ea4ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea4ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 164 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 226 69% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea4ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea4ea, #a68eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea4ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 164 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.62 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.85 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.54 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.16 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.85 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 12.03 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 12.37 #715b15 Inverted #a6a6a6 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea4ea  rgb(142, 164, 234)  hsl(226, 69%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#ead48e  rgb(234, 212, 142)  hsl(46, 69%, 74%)  Buff
#ea8ea4  rgb(234, 142, 164)  hsl(346, 69%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a4ea8e  rgb(164, 234, 142)  hsl(106, 69%, 74%)  Light Green