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Indigo Bloom Bright
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Indigo Bloom Bright

Blue · Hue 230
Metrics
S 84% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white2.5:1Failon black8.5:1AA
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About this color

Indigo Bloom Bright (#8EA0F5) belongs to the blue family — hue 230°, 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-indigo-bloom-bright: #8EA0F5;
  --colorarchive-indigo-bloom-bright-hsl: hsl(230, 84%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-indigo-bloom-bright-rgb: rgb(142, 160, 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 #8EA0F5.

  • Redditsecondary
    Periwinkle · #7193FF
    →
  • Anthropicaccent
    Anthropic Blue · #6A9BCC
    →
  • Googleprimary
    Google Blue · #4285F4
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #8EA0F5.

  • MoroccoChefchaouen Blue
    #7BAFD4 · Painted medina walls (Rif mountains)
    →
  • IcelandGlacial Cyan
    #75BBC1 · Vatnajökull ice cave light
    →
  • ScandinaviaAsh Grey
    #A8AAA5 · Birch and ash bark
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using blue and color in design.

Color PsychologyBlue Color Psychology in Branding: Why Every Bank and Tech Giant Chooses BlueHistoryIndigo: The Color That Built Trade Routes and Made Blue CheapBrand & MarketingRetro Color Palette: Warm, Worn, and Deliberately Off

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
Indigo Pearl Bright
#B4BFF8 · hsl(230, 84%, 84%)
Darker companion
Indigo Silk Bright
#6980F2 · hsl(230, 84%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Amber Bloom Bright
#F5E48E · hsl(50, 84%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Violet Bloom Bright
#A08EF5 · hsl(250, 84%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Steel Bloom Bright
#8ECAF5 · hsl(205, 84%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Merlot Bloom Bright
#F58EA0 · hsl(350, 84%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Leaf Bloom Bright
#A0F58E · hsl(110, 84%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Ember Bloom Bright
#F5B18E · hsl(20, 84%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Olive Bloom Bright
#D3F58E · hsl(80, 84%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Indigo Bloom Bright #8EA0F5
Lighter companion: Indigo Pearl Bright #B4BFF8
Darker companion: Indigo Silk Bright #6980F2
Complementary counterpoint: Amber Bloom Bright #F5E48E
Analogous lead: Violet Bloom Bright #A08EF5
Analogous echo: Steel Bloom Bright #8ECAF5
Triadic +120°: Merlot Bloom Bright #F58EA0
Triadic +240°: Leaf Bloom Bright #A0F58E
Split-comp +150°: Ember Bloom Bright #F5B18E
Split-comp +210°: Olive Bloom Bright #D3F58E

Compare

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

vsIndigo Pearl BrightvsIndigo Silk BrightvsAmber Bloom BrightvsViolet Bloom BrightvsSteel Bloom BrightvsMerlot Bloom Bright

Nearest neighbors

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

Search by hex
Nearby match
Indigo Bloom Pure
#899CFA · hsl(230, 92%, 76%)
Nearby match
Indigo Bloom Vivid
#95A4EF · hsl(230, 74%, 76%)
Nearby match
Indigo Silk Bright
#6980F2 · hsl(230, 84%, 68%)
Nearby match
Indigo Pearl Bright
#B4BFF8 · hsl(230, 84%, 84%)
Nearby match
Indigo Silk Pure
#627BF8 · hsl(230, 92%, 68%)
Nearby match
Indigo Pearl Pure
#B1BDFC · hsl(230, 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
Mulberry Ink Vivid
#2D093E
AAA7:1
Mulberry Ink Bright
#2E0642
AAA7:1
Mulberry Ink Pure
#2F0345
AAA7.1:1
Plum Ink Clear
#241037
AAA7.2:1
Plum Ink Vivid
#24093E
AAA7.2:1
Plum Ink Bright
#240642

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#9594E0
Protanopia
#9696E4
Tritanopia
#8FD6D2
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Indigo Bloom Faint#BCBEC8 · hsl(230, 10%, 76%)Indigo Bloom Muted#B7BACD · hsl(230, 18%, 76%)Indigo Bloom Dust#B2B7D2 · hsl(230, 26%, 76%)Indigo Bloom Soft#ADB4D7 · hsl(230, 34%, 76%)Indigo Bloom Clear#A1ACE3 · hsl(230, 54%, 76%)Indigo Bloom Vivid#95A4EF · hsl(230, 74%, 76%)Indigo Bloom Bright#8EA0F5 · hsl(230, 84%, 76%)Indigo Bloom Pure#899CFA · hsl(230, 92%, 76%)
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