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#8EA7EA

#8ea7ea ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea7ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 65.49% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.32% cyan, 28.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.7°, 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 8.87:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 7.68.

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Relative luminance0.3933

Complementary

  1. #8ea7ea
  2. #ead18e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea7ea
  2. #eaa38e
  3. #d5ea8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed5ea
  2. #8ea7ea
  3. #a38eea

Triadic

  1. #8ea7ea
  2. #ea8ea7
  3. #a7ea8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea7ea
  2. #d18eea
  3. #ead18e
  4. #a7ea8e

Square

  1. #8ea7ea
  2. #ea8ed5
  3. #ead18e
  4. #8eeaa3

Monochromatic

  1. #234dbc
  2. #4e75de
  3. #8ea7ea
  4. #cfd9f6
  5. #eef2fc

Shades

#8ea7ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea7ea
  2. #8096d3
  3. #7286bb
  4. #6375a4
  5. #55648c
  6. #475475
  7. #39435e
  8. #2b3246
  9. #1c212f
  10. #0e1117
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea7ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea7ea
  2. #99b0ec
  3. #a5b9ee
  4. #b0c1f0
  5. #bbcaf2
  6. #c7d3f5
  7. #d2dcf7
  8. #dde5f9
  9. #e8edfb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea7ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea7ea
  2. #8da3df
  3. #8b9fd5
  4. #8a9bca
  5. #8897c0
  6. #8794b5
  7. #8690aa
  8. #848ca0
  9. #838895
  10. #81848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.87:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ea8c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #90aded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #88a5e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #70b5bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8faaec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8aa6e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7dafd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea7ea {
  color: #8ea7ea;
}
Background
.bg-8ea7ea {
  background-color: #8ea7ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea7ea {
  border: 2px solid #8ea7ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea7ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 167 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 224 69% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea7ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea7ea, #a38eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea7ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 167 234 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.68 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.70 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.05 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.20 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.32 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.57 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.60 #715815 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#8ea7ea  rgb(142, 167, 234)  hsl(224, 69%, 74%)  Cornflower Blue
#ead18e  rgb(234, 209, 142)  hsl(44, 69%, 74%)  Buff
#ea8ea7  rgb(234, 142, 167)  hsl(344, 69%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a7ea8e  rgb(167, 234, 142)  hsl(104, 69%, 74%)  Light Green