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#5299FE

#5299fe ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#5299fe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 32.16% red, 60% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.72% cyan, 39.76% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 215.23°, with 98.85% saturation and 65.88% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 3.06.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3173

Complementary

  1. #5299fe
  2. #feb752

Split complementary

  1. #5299fe
  2. #fe6152
  3. #effe52

Analogous

  1. #52effe
  2. #5299fe
  3. #6152fe

Triadic

  1. #5299fe
  2. #fe5299
  3. #99fe52

Tetradic

  1. #5299fe
  2. #b752fe
  3. #feb752
  4. #99fe52

Square

  1. #5299fe
  2. #fe52ef
  3. #feb752
  4. #52fe61

Monochromatic

  1. #014cb6
  2. #066cfe
  3. #5299fe
  4. #9ec6fe
  5. #eaf3ff

Shades

#5299fe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5299fe
  2. #4a8ae5
  3. #427acb
  4. #396bb2
  5. #315c98
  6. #294d7f
  7. #213d66
  8. #192e4c
  9. #101f33
  10. #080f19
  11. #000000

Tints

#5299fe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5299fe
  2. #63a3fe
  3. #75adfe
  4. #86b8fe
  5. #97c2fe
  6. #a9ccff
  7. #bad6ff
  8. #cbe0ff
  9. #dcebff
  10. #eef5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5299fe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5299fe
  2. #5797f1
  3. #5b94e5
  4. #6092d8
  5. #648fcc
  6. #698dbf
  7. #6e8ab2
  8. #7288a6
  9. #778599
  10. #7b838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8299c9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6aa1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5091fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0bf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #619eff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5194fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a8db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5299fe {
  color: #5299fe;
}
Background
.bg-5299fe {
  background-color: #5299fe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5299fe {
  border: 2px solid #5299fe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5299fe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 82 153 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 215 99% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5299fe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5299fe, #6152fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5299fe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(82 153 254 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 3.06 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 3.22 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 3.88 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 5.54 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.39 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.89 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.61 #ad6601 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#5299fe  rgb(82, 153, 254)  hsl(215, 99%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#feb752  rgb(254, 183, 82)  hsl(35, 99%, 66%)  Pastel Orange
#fe5299  rgb(254, 82, 153)  hsl(335, 99%, 66%)  Brilliant Rose
#99fe52  rgb(153, 254, 82)  hsl(95, 99%, 66%)  Chartreuse