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#559EFA

#559efa ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#559efa is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 61.96% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66% cyan, 36.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 213.45°, with 94.29% saturation and 65.69% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.22.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3329

Complementary

  1. #559efa
  2. #fab155

Split complementary

  1. #559efa
  2. #fa5f55
  3. #f1fa55

Analogous

  1. #55f1fa
  2. #559efa
  3. #5f55fa

Triadic

  1. #559efa
  2. #fa559e
  3. #9efa55

Tetradic

  1. #559efa
  2. #b155fa
  3. #fab155
  4. #9efa55

Square

  1. #559efa
  2. #fa55f1
  3. #fab155
  4. #55fa5f

Monochromatic

  1. #0551b1
  2. #0b74f8
  3. #559efa
  4. #9fc8fc
  5. #eaf3fe

Shades

#559efa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #559efa
  2. #4d8ee1
  3. #447ec8
  4. #3c6faf
  5. #335f96
  6. #2b4f7d
  7. #223f64
  8. #1a2f4b
  9. #112032
  10. #091019
  11. #000000

Tints

#559efa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #559efa
  2. #66a8fb
  3. #77b1fb
  4. #88bbfc
  5. #99c5fc
  6. #aacffd
  7. #bbd8fd
  8. #cce2fe
  9. #ddecfe
  10. #eef5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#559efa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #559efa
  2. #599bee
  3. #5e98e2
  4. #6295d5
  5. #6692c9
  6. #6b8fbd
  7. #6f8cb1
  8. #7389a5
  9. #778698
  10. #7c838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #859dc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #75a5fe ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5d95f8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3c0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa2fc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a99f9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abda ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-559efa {
  color: #559efa;
}
Background
.bg-559efa {
  background-color: #559efa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-559efa {
  border: 2px solid #559efa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #559efa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 158 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 213 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-559efa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #559efa, #5f55fa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-559efa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 158 250 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.22 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.37 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.64 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.48 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.98 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.27 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.71 #aa6105 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#559efa  rgb(85, 158, 250)  hsl(213, 94%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#fab155  rgb(250, 177, 85)  hsl(33, 94%, 66%)  Yellow Orange
#fa559e  rgb(250, 85, 158)  hsl(333, 94%, 66%)  Brilliant Rose
#9efa55  rgb(158, 250, 85)  hsl(93, 94%, 66%)  Green Yellow