HEX Color #8AAFF0 (Cornflowerblue)

About #8AAFF0

The precise color #8AAFF0 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Cornflowerblue. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 175 parts green, and 240 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 43% cyan and 27% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 218.2° hue, 77.3% saturation, and 74.1% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8AAFF0

RGB138, 175, 240

HSL218.2°, 77.3%, 74.1%

CMYK43%, 27%, 0%, 6%

HSV218.2°, 42.5%, 94.1%

LAB71.1, 3.9, -36.4

XYZ41.5, 42.4, 88.4

Decimal9089008

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8AAFF0 #F0CB8A

Analogous

#8AE2F0 #978AF0

Triadic

#F08AAE #AEF08A

Tetradic

#F08AE1 #F0CB8A #8AF098

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8AAFF0

#97B7F1

#A4C0F3

#B1C9F5

#BED2F6

#CBDBF8

#D8E4FA

#E5EDFB

#F2F6FD

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8AAFF0

#7A9BD5

#6B88BA

#5C74A0

#4C6185

#3D4D6A

#2E3A50

#1E2635

#0F131A

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.22:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.47:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.12:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.05:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8AAFF0; }

.text-color { color: #8AAFF0; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8AAFF0; }

Similar Colors

Cornflowerblue

#6495ED