Information about #8495E0 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#8495E0 presents itself as a pleasantly vivid blue — one that floats near the light end of the scale. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Light Phthalo Blue (#8B96E7). Nearby in the Register you will also find Magic Carpet (#8B98D8) and Vista Blue (#7C9ED9).
In RGB terms — rgb(132, 149, 224) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #8495E0 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 7.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #8495E0 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#8495E0 color variations
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#8495E0 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#8495E0 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#8495E0 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#8495E0 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#8495E0 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #8495E0 color
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Nearest named colors to #8495E0
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8B96E7
#8B98D8
#7C9ED9
#8F8CE7
#7FA3E6
#8BA2E7
#8B9FEE
#7C9ACD
#968BE7
#88ACE0
#7983D3
#807DDB
#8495E0 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#8495E0
- RGB132, 149, 224
- CMYK36, 29, 0, 12
- CSSrgb(132, 149, 224)
- HSL229°, 60%, 70%
- HSL Precise228.913°, 59.74%, 69.804%
- HSV229°, 41%, 88%
- HSB229°, 41%, 88%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.518
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.584
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.878
- GLSLvec3(0.518, 0.584, 0.878)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.518, 0.584, 0.878, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.518, 0.584, 0.878)
- Percentage of Red in RGB51.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB58.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB87.8%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX ID8495E0
- DECIMAL ID8689120
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers5 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
