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#579EFC

#579efc ≈ Cornflower Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#579efc is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 34.12% red, 61.96% green and 98.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.48% cyan, 37.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 214.18°, with 96.49% saturation and 66.47% 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 7.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cornflower Blue (#6495ed), ΔE 4.01.

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Web safe#6699ff
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Relative luminance0.3351

Complementary

  1. #579efc
  2. #fcb557

Split complementary

  1. #579efc
  2. #fc6257
  3. #f1fc57

Analogous

  1. #57f1fc
  2. #579efc
  3. #6257fc

Triadic

  1. #579efc
  2. #fc579e
  3. #9efc57

Tetradic

  1. #579efc
  2. #b557fc
  3. #fcb557
  4. #9efc57

Square

  1. #579efc
  2. #fc57f1
  3. #fcb557
  4. #57fc62

Monochromatic

  1. #0350b7
  2. #0c73fb
  3. #579efc
  4. #a2c9fd
  5. #ebf3ff

Shades

#579efc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #579efc
  2. #4e8ee3
  3. #467eca
  4. #3d6fb0
  5. #345f97
  6. #2c4f7e
  7. #233f65
  8. #1a2f4c
  9. #112032
  10. #091019
  11. #000000

Tints

#579efc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #579efc
  2. #68a8fc
  3. #79b1fd
  4. #89bbfd
  5. #9ac5fd
  6. #abcffe
  7. #bcd8fe
  8. #cde2fe
  9. #ddecfe
  10. #eef5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#579efc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #579efc
  2. #5b9bf0
  3. #5f98e3
  4. #6395d7
  5. #6792ca
  6. #6c8fbe
  7. #708cb2
  8. #7489a5
  9. #788699
  10. #7c838c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #869dca ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #74a5ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #5c96fa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b4c1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6aa2fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a99fb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00abdb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-579efc {
  color: #579efc;
}
Background
.bg-579efc {
  background-color: #579efc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-579efc {
  border: 2px solid #579efc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #579efc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 87 158 252;
  --color-primary-hsl: 214 96% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-579efc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #579efc, #6257fc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-579efc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(87 158 252 / 0.35);
}

#6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 4.01 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 4.32 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 4.82 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 5.57 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 6.29 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.48 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.79 #a86103 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Cornflower Blue
#579efc  rgb(87, 158, 252)  hsl(214, 96%, 66%)  Cornflower Blue
#fcb557  rgb(252, 181, 87)  hsl(34, 96%, 66%)  Pastel Orange
#fc579e  rgb(252, 87, 158)  hsl(334, 96%, 66%)  Brilliant Rose
#9efc57  rgb(158, 252, 87)  hsl(94, 96%, 66%)  Lawn Green