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Cobalt Bloom Bright
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Cobalt Bloom Bright

Blue · Hue 220
Metrics
S 84% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white2.2:1Failon black9.8:1AA
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About this color

Cobalt Bloom Bright (#8EB1F5) belongs to the blue family — hue 220°, 84% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-cobalt-bloom-bright: #8EB1F5;
  --colorarchive-cobalt-bloom-bright-hsl: hsl(220, 84%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-cobalt-bloom-bright-rgb: rgb(142, 177, 245);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SereneTrustworthyClean
Common in

Social Media · Cloud Storage · Baby Products

Pairs well with

Light gray for tech minimalism, peach for friendly warmth

Design tip

The default choice for tech and social platforms for good reason. Light blue backgrounds reduce anxiety and increase trust.

Cultural context ▶

Light blue represents peace, sky, and openness. It's the most universally liked color, making it safe for global brands.

Color Origins

Blue family

The most-loved color on the planet, and the most overused.

Heritage

Blue is one of the hardest colors for nature to make with pigment — and, historically, one of the most expensive to paint with. Ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan, could cost as much as gold in Renaissance Europe; Vermeer used it lavishly. Egyptian blue (the first synthetic pigment, ~3000 BCE) was lost for centuries and rediscovered in the 19th. Prussian blue (1704) quickly gave painters a cheap alternative to ultramarine; Yves Klein's IKB (1960) re-aristocratized blue.

Across cultures

In ancient Egypt blue was the color of the Nile and the heavens — sacred, protective. In China blue-and-white porcelain (qinghua) defined export ceramics for centuries. In Mediterranean traditions blue wards off the evil eye. In America, IBM's blue logo helped earn it the nickname 'Big Blue'; in Japan, indigo (ai) is the centuries-old workwear dye that became the ground tone of an entire textile tradition. Across the world blue is consistently rated the most-liked color — in one ten-country survey it led every other color by 8 to 18 points.

In the wild

Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook is blue because he is red-green colorblind. Levi's blue is the natural color of indigo on cotton. Twitter Blue (#1DA1F2) defined social-media blue for years before the 2023 rebrand to X scrapped it. The blue checkmark, the blue link, the blue 'send' button — blue has become the default color of digital trust, to the point of being a UX cliché.

How it reads

Blue tends to recede — the eye focuses blue light slightly in front of the retina, which can make blue elements feel deep or distant. It reads as trustworthy, calm, corporate, and (at the cool end) cold. Light blues read airy and clinical; mid blues are the default for tech and finance; deep blues read as luxurious or naval. The omnipresence of blue in software is real: most enterprise UIs reach for it because it offends the fewest stakeholders, which is also the reason it can feel like the absence of a real choice.

This particular tone

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #8EB1F5.

  • Redditsecondary
    Periwinkle · #7193FF
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  • Anthropicaccent
    Anthropic Blue · #6A9BCC
    →
  • Slackaccent
    Slack Blue · #36C5F0
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #8EB1F5.

  • MoroccoChefchaouen Blue
    #7BAFD4 · Painted medina walls (Rif mountains)
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →
  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using blue and color in design.

Brand & MarketingTechnology Brand Color Design: Trust, Intelligence, and the Blue ProblemColor PsychologyBlue Color Psychology in Branding: Why Every Bank and Tech Giant Chooses BlueUI DesignGradients in UI Design: Functional vs Decorative and How to Use Both

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Cobalt Pearl Bright
#B4CBF8 · hsl(220, 84%, 84%)
Darker companion
Cobalt Silk Bright
#6997F2 · hsl(220, 84%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Apricot Bloom Bright
#F5D38E · hsl(40, 84%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Amethyst Bloom Bright
#978EF5 · hsl(245, 84%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Azure Bloom Bright
#8ED3F5 · hsl(200, 84%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Garnet Bloom Bright
#F58EB1 · hsl(340, 84%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Moss Bloom Bright
#B1F58E · hsl(100, 84%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Ruby Bloom Bright
#F5A08E · hsl(10, 84%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Honey Bloom Bright
#E4F58E · hsl(70, 84%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Cobalt Bloom Bright #8EB1F5
Lighter companion: Cobalt Pearl Bright #B4CBF8
Darker companion: Cobalt Silk Bright #6997F2
Complementary counterpoint: Apricot Bloom Bright #F5D38E
Analogous lead: Amethyst Bloom Bright #978EF5
Analogous echo: Azure Bloom Bright #8ED3F5
Triadic +120°: Garnet Bloom Bright #F58EB1
Triadic +240°: Moss Bloom Bright #B1F58E
Split-comp +150°: Ruby Bloom Bright #F5A08E
Split-comp +210°: Honey Bloom Bright #E4F58E

Compare

See how Cobalt Bloom Bright compares side by side with related colors.

vsCobalt Pearl BrightvsCobalt Silk BrightvsApricot Bloom BrightvsAmethyst Bloom BrightvsAzure Bloom BrightvsGarnet Bloom Bright

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Cobalt Bloom Pure
#89AFFA · hsl(220, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Bloom Vivid
#95B3EF · hsl(220, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Silk Bright
#6997F2 · hsl(220, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Pearl Bright
#B4CBF8 · hsl(220, 84%, 84%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Silk Pure
#6294F8 · hsl(220, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Cobalt Pearl Pure
#B1CAFC · hsl(220, 92%, 84%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.1:1
Apricot Ink Faint
#272520
AAA7:1
Apricot Ink Muted
#2A261D
AAA7.2:1
Taupe Gray Ink
#252422
AAA7.1:1
Saffron Ink Faint
#272520
AAA7.2:1
Coral Ink Faint
#272420
AAA7.1:1
Coral Ink Muted
#2A241D

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#9C9AE3
Protanopia
#9E9FE7
Tritanopia
#90DBD8
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Cobalt Bloom Faint#BCC0C8 · hsl(220, 10%, 76%)Cobalt Bloom Muted#B7BECD · hsl(220, 18%, 76%)Cobalt Bloom Dust#B2BCD2 · hsl(220, 26%, 76%)Cobalt Bloom Soft#ADBBD7 · hsl(220, 34%, 76%)Cobalt Bloom Clear#A1B7E3 · hsl(220, 54%, 76%)Cobalt Bloom Vivid#95B3EF · hsl(220, 74%, 76%)Cobalt Bloom Bright#8EB1F5 · hsl(220, 84%, 76%)Cobalt Bloom Pure#89AFFA · hsl(220, 92%, 76%)
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