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#8EA8EA

#8ea8ea ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8ea8ea is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 55.69% red, 65.88% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.32% cyan, 28.21% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 223.04°, 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 8.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 7.67.

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Relative luminance0.397

Complementary

  1. #8ea8ea
  2. #ead08e

Split complementary

  1. #8ea8ea
  2. #eaa28e
  3. #d6ea8e

Analogous

  1. #8ed6ea
  2. #8ea8ea
  3. #a28eea

Triadic

  1. #8ea8ea
  2. #ea8ea8
  3. #a8ea8e

Tetradic

  1. #8ea8ea
  2. #d08eea
  3. #ead08e
  4. #a8ea8e

Square

  1. #8ea8ea
  2. #ea8ed6
  3. #ead08e
  4. #8eeaa2

Monochromatic

  1. #234ebc
  2. #4e76de
  3. #8ea8ea
  4. #cfdaf6
  5. #eef2fc

Shades

#8ea8ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8ea8ea
  2. #8097d3
  3. #7286bb
  4. #6376a4
  5. #55658c
  6. #475475
  7. #39435e
  8. #2b3246
  9. #1c222f
  10. #0e1117
  11. #000000

Tints

#8ea8ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8ea8ea
  2. #99b1ec
  3. #a5b9ee
  4. #b0c2f0
  5. #bbcbf2
  6. #c7d4f5
  7. #d2dcf7
  8. #dde5f9
  9. #e8eefb
  10. #f4f6fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8ea8ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8ea8ea
  2. #8da4df
  3. #8ba0d5
  4. #8a9cca
  5. #8898c0
  6. #8794b5
  7. #8690aa
  8. #848ca0
  9. #838895
  10. #81848b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a9a9a9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9fa9c6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #91aded ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #89a5e8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #70b5bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90abec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ba6e9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7db0d2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8ea8ea {
  color: #8ea8ea;
}
Background
.bg-8ea8ea {
  background-color: #8ea8ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8ea8ea {
  border: 2px solid #8ea8ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8ea8ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 142 168 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 223 69% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8ea8ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8ea8ea, #a28eea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8ea8ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(142 168 234 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 7.67 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.72 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.90 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 9.24 #b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 10.15 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 11.42 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 12.27 #715715 Inverted #a9a9a9 Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#8ea8ea  rgb(142, 168, 234)  hsl(223, 69%, 74%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#ead08e  rgb(234, 208, 142)  hsl(43, 69%, 74%)  Buff
#ea8ea8  rgb(234, 142, 168)  hsl(343, 69%, 74%)  Flamingo Pink
#a8ea8e  rgb(168, 234, 142)  hsl(103, 69%, 74%)  Light Green